Recent content by gringoexpress

Oh, I didn't realize they were earning that much. That sounds livable.

Does minimum wage cover the cost of living? Mind you, I'm not saying the politicians deserve the raise, merely that it's impossible to have honest politicians if their salary doesn't cover their living expenses. Bukele managed to massively downsize the legislature in El Salvador. Fewer total...

It will be impossible to eliminate corruption if politicians' salaries are below the cost of living. How else are they supposed to eat?

There's a new wildly unpopular hate speech law in the UK. It was a joke.

Does the new hate speech law apply there? Argentina could just accuse everyone on the islands of being racist against Argentinians and have them all arrested.

there's money for F16s...

"Most important purchase for Argentina in 40 years" My goodness. Are they going to bomb the country back to prosperity? Edit : Guess the article in English skipped that part. https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/javier-milei-en-vivo-las-ultimas-medidas-del-gobierno-nid16042024/

He should be thankful they weren't married, she'd be keeping the Casa Rosada.

What does Argentina need F-16s for? If the country needs to save money, I support that, but then going out and spending it on fighter jets? It's like when your tenant tells you he doesn't have the rent because he spent it at the bar.

Be careful with buildings that were under construction during the pandemic. A lot of really shoddy work got done with shoddy materials, and a lot of things got left half-done for months then covered up after being exposed to the weather.

I used to own a business that involved banks in exotic places regularly eating deposits and wire transfers from my corporate accounts and me having to argue with them to get my money back every time. Sometimes I do crazy things like "try to open a USD account at Banco Provincia with my...

https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/plan-de-inclusion-financiera-de-los-migrantes there was a page on the bcra website but it looks like they've updated it to remove mention of the 4 banks. Maybe the banks don't open them anymore. The banks in Argentina are by far the most worthless I've ever...

https://folhadoleste.com.br/visto-obrigatorio-para-australia-canada-e-eua-para-entrada-no-brasil/ Australia, Canada, and US need tourist visas for Brasil starting the 10th of April. Edit : I actually did a little digging out of curiosity. It looks like some politician promised to pass a law or...

Brazil is going to start requiring visas for Americans this week, and if you dont book the tickets together the airline may not let you fly to Brazil to do your transfer.

The cueva you work with should be willing to deliver the cash at closing to the escribano's office or inside a bank or whatever, so you aren't carrying cash around the street at any moment.