Recent content by Quilombo

A lot of people were commenting on this article in La Nación about how cops are often connected to crimes, and I completely agree. This woman's phone was stollen while she was stuck in traffic, it was then hacked to unlock it, her accounts drained, loans taken in fraud, and then the same week...

Bajo and others might have different (and more correct take) than my own, but my layman's understanding is that migration irregularity is a civil issue, not a criminal one in Argentina, and this is something that's reaffirmed in various treaties Argentina has with neighboring countries...

I took one the other day and they're honestly convenient. Small and a bit slow, but given there isn't efficient North/South transport between 9 de Julio and Alem, it's nice to not have to travel in a Z pattern to get around. They're also free for first couple months so if you're downtown give...

You can search for automatic transmission cars on Mercado Libre and then message the dealerships via their website or social media. The other thing to keep in mind is that very few Argentine vehicles pass standard American/European safety tests and fold like a lawn chair on impact.

Obligatory not a lawyer/accountant: What Alby said is important to keep in mind about Argentina broadly (the law vs. real life), and, the later part even more so: I've yet to hear of/meet a single retiree here whose had to pay ganancias or any sort of tax. That being said, they've all been...

The Communist Party of Argentina pays me to post online in English to make gringos mad. But hey, at least their checks clear unlike Sociatel's.

When I first moved to Argentina in the early 2010s I remembered reading about Hotel BAUEN on Callao. Something similar happened and the workers said fine, we'll run it, and did from 2003 to 2020 (COVID was the final death blow). As Frank said, these LLCs/REITs/shell corp schemes let companies...

I feel like there's some sort of mass psychosis going on between the IMF, Milei, Caputo, and their supporters. As Red points out, the IMF loan didn't change the fundamentals: the BCRA still spends/owes more than it collects in taxes as it's balance sheet is a net negative. I got in an argument...

Some of these make sense, they're literally failed states or countries engaged in wars, yet if the State Department were being honest they'd include several US allies on such a list, but well, that's not how these things work, despite risks to US citizens.

I wish I had the means to do the same, but seeing the state of the US, UK, Canada, EU, etc. I think many foreigners who moved to Argentina for social reasons made the right choice.

Wait, he works remotely for a us employer and is telling people to eat cake? That's pretty rich. Reminds me of all the derechista influencers on Twitter/IG/etc. saying how great Milei is while never putting their own money where their mouthes are. The owner of ML is a great example of this...

My process is generally translating in my head whatever I need/want, looking on Mercadolibre, if I can't find it, checking in Google Translate if it might have a different or localized name, and then double checking again. Once I find something on ML, I then find the vendor's store on Google to...

No offense taken; I don't think it's accurate either as it's likely worse given the percentage of people working en negro as was stated by other members, the only problem is we don't have any alternative, accurate metrics so it's as close to reality as we can get out hands on for now, and Milei...

According to the Income Pyramid, it would be about 22% of the population earn over $2,711.86/month The important thing to also remember is what Nikad said, peso salaries look better now, sure, but put them in to context: if someone was earning $750/month in 2023 but earns $1,250 now that's a...

So, I'm sorry this happened, and it's one of the reasons I naturalized - as much as things are bad now, I have my life here, and, if I ever lived abroad again (like we're looking at now) I didn't want to be in a quagmire should migratory laws change and I needed to return. I gotta ask OP, why...