Recent content by Gustavo_L

One grandparent out of my four was not born in Europe. She was truly a "supermutt", and gave me (based on an average of 8 DNA tests I took) about 2% of African blood. There is denial of the Afro-argentine heritage, much like the US Southern "whites" deny such small, yet statistically significant...

I understand, Luciano. A move similar to the AFJP heist would probably be extremely hard for them though, as 401(k) retirement money sitting in a US institution I believe it is not even liable for owed compensation in civil lawsuits. I was more concerned with any passive income from it or...

After reading what's out there, specifically what seems to apply to those who have resided in Argentina for more than half a year in any given year (Law Nº 20.628, specifically, Articles 79 and 160) the way I interpret it is, foreign pensions and retirement moneys may be treated as taxable...

Hey...I'm a native marplatense, despite having transplanted myself in the US 32 years ago, so seafood rules! :)

The more you drift away (especially north) from BA, the more you are likely to find them in fried, hand-cut beef form. Folks from Salta and Santiago del Estero are not particularly fond of "southern" empanadas.

Fried empanadas will pack an additional 100 cal per unit, depending on how fast one takes them out of the frying pot and into the basket. :) After all these years (having been born and raised in Argentina, and lived in the US for 32 years), I still preferred the fried vs. baked and the hand-cut...

Good point, Tigre. Argentina is super cash-starved right now. And their tax brackets are pretty unfavorable for for say the average foreign-based pension or retirement.

I have no idea. My take on the filing of tax returns is that those are basically sworn declarations. Sure, one can claim to have none (401(k) savings), but in omitting to report it there may be risks.

Hi, folks! I'm Gustavo. I was born and raised in Argentina, but lived and worked in the US for about 90% of my adult, productive life. When I go back to visit, I feel right at home after just about ten minutes, but I acknowledge that that may be something of a mirage: I'm not there, going...