Recent content by nelaursen

Umm... You guys do understand that the zoo is part of the private sector since Menem in 1991, and that whatever regulation that it should be subject to is a matter of the city government - the national government has very little bearing here and if it intervened it would contradict the...

You're right. I am very, very brainwashed. Thanks for pointing that out. Now I know. Glad you have a good grasp of socioeconomic driving factors. Cheers

this site is embarrassingly derechista.

We're by faar...the best teeam....the world has ever seen... Great to know there are some fellow gooner brothers in this hemisphere. Good luck this year (miedo...)

too clarify, the idea that argentina is not currently a democracy is so categorically incorrect that it is beyond me that anyone could believe such a thing - but on the topic of it being a liberal democracy, sure, there is perhaps a little space for discussion.

i know i all too often disagree with the general political attitude of this site, but i would just start by saying that the party line in all political camps in argentina is very loose - people say many dumb things that their fellow party/coalition members might very much not disagree with...

http://www.broet.com.ar/ some austrian guys just opened up this place after living here with the same complaint - really really good bread.

Does anyone have any thoughts on which banks would be best to use while here - I'm getting a masters so i'll be here for long enough to warrant opening an account but don't see myself staying long enough or having enough income to worry about saving abroad in dollars as is (perhaps justifiably)...

GINI for income distribution (CIA Factbook): Colombia 56.0; Arg. 35.0. Argentina is getting worse for sure in this index, but I personally would hesitate to use Colombia as the ideal LA model...

Going back to econ 101, though we say in the context of inflation that the government is just "printing money", the truth is that governments are always printing money. In the US the reserves that are collected by the Fed are burned and reprinted. The monetary system is not the gold standard -...

Everything you love you owe to capitalism... and to those centuries of human development under fuedalism... and slave society... and being hunter gatherers... a. you should define the attributes of capitalism that you're referring to, because to make such a grand statement... i would love...

Oh right - I forgot that people from the provincia are so desperate that they'll get on buses to go to rallies just for choripan or alfajores. You must be right that the dirt cheap choris in the provincia are too expensive for the people who live there so they're more than willing to be...

I'm originally from the other side of the East River, but my school in upstate NY, Bard College, was basically an extension of Brooklyn in terms of culture and student body. Plus the closest town was called Red Hook. Do I get any points? I'm a newcomer in Bs. As. and would love to get a pint...

Too late for today, but if anyone wants to play some casual footie this week, get in touch!!

Where exactly do you guys have pickup games. I would love to play some very casual footie. I've seen some indoor places but I think thats a bit too intense for me right now.