Recent content by mendozanow

Now no reciprocity fee in Chile for US citizens, but still applicable to Canadians and Australians. http://www.aeropuertosantiago.cl/noticias-y-novedades/chile-elimina-cobro-de-impuesto-de-reciprocidad-para-los-pasajeros-procedentes-de-estados-unidos-2.html

No more Chile reciprocity fee at Santiago airport for US citizens! Some good news. Australians and Canadians still have to pay. http://www.aeropuertosantiago.cl/noticias-y-novedades/chile-elimina-cobro-de-impuesto-de-reciprocidad-para-los-pasajeros-procedentes-de-estados-unidos-2.html

Anybody who lives in Argentina has to recognize that inflation is now over 50% a year. A friend who owns a mini-market has said in January alone, prices for his products from wholesalers averaged a 40% increase.

I have had students give me close-to-untouched bottles or jars of maple syrup (usually given to them as gifts from visiting Canadians or New Englanders) , because most Argentineans find the taste too bitter or strong. To me, as a Canadian, it is like a gift of gold.

How is that possibly going to have an effect? Not the right targets. They need to have a long-term mass boycott paying taxes or public utilities to have any effect, but that requires balls.

There are still lots of restrictions. To say it is the end of the cepa seems a bit of an overstatement. As the article says, the extent of the changes are still unknown,

Not so fast, too soon to see what the measure actually is.

Wait a minute...in the 90'swas the time of 1:1 for pesos and dollars, so you were not earning that much.

I think we should all agree that 100 pesos an hour is a minimum (and probably too low if you are a trained English teacher) now, given the low value of the peso and inflation. If the students (or schools) have problems with this psychological barrier (and it shouldn't be ) in early 2014, then...

Why have the dozens of foreign tourists I have talked to over the past week all tell me that they have had no problem paying cash with pesos? I believe there may be exceptions with Uruguay boatlines and a few other places, but I still beleive the decree only applies to card purchases, not cash.

After travelling down to Patagoinia now, and talking to many fellow travellers, no requirements arising for tourists to pay in dollars! (as of yet anyway) Hopefully this article from the profesional website has grossly misinterpreted the decree.

Any experience here to report?

Speaking of rodents, a reoccurrence of mouse and rat plague and hanta-virus in parts of the Andes, specifically Parque nacional de Alerces: (disturbing images) http://www.limite42.com/2013/11/superpoblacion-de-roedores-en-parque.html...

How can you tell if a postal worker is on strike?

Then call them "Argentinos" if you want to respect what they "say". I refuse to say Argentine, as i know it is an historical slur, even if many Argentinians themselves use it. But that is my prejudice. I also agree that any use is fine as long as it is said with respect, such as my calling the...