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While the headline clearly says "booming exports", there is no reference to exports in the text. Exports are indeed up- $16 billion usd more than last year- and its just a few things maize,soybeans, meat, crude oil and lithium. none of which are creating any new jobs, or helping the vast...

In 2025, Vaca Muerte broke the Argentine record for most oil pumped in a year, which dated back to 1998. They will break that record again this year. This is with fewer employees than in 1998. Fewer Jobs. In fact, this is with 10% fewer employees than the year before Milei was elected. So we are...

of course I was being facetious. Just look at the results of menem privatizing the rail network- a huge amount of it was just shut down as not profitable. then, it was renationalized 15 years later, and now will be re-privatized. In each case, service declined, routes were closed, and cost of...

well, there is absolutely no way anything can go wrong with a plan like this, eh? no one will ever complain about lack of road maintenance again, or the cost of taxes, because the benevolent wealthy oligarchs who will now own our autopistas have nothing but our convenience and wellbeing in their...

lots of photos and videos here if you do Instantgrandma. https://www.instagram.com/cicero.olivos/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=ATM1YBwi1BqAAI1PSAVuXAP

Behind tall walls in a gated Country in Tigre, an elite squad of Carpincho Commandos is training now, and soon will be engaged in a guerilla war against the Commonwealth Beavers.

coming next- Yachting's lessons for Ibiza. Mansions lessons for The Hamptons. on a lighter note, I have a friend who used to play on an all womens elephant polo team in Thailand.

customs brokers are expensive. I imported a sewing machine last year, and the brokerage fees for a $1000 machine were $500.If it had been an online transfer and I needed legal receipts, it would have been $700 or $800, USD. I think thats about average. In my case I had clear invoices showing...

I suppose there are some possible items this would work on- maybe Chinese made BMW parts, for example, since Chinese BMW has 3 major auto factory complexes in China, and over 400 suppliers making genuine BMW parts. but in most cases, Chinese products landed in Argentina are already more...

luckily they now send them all to the place in San Telmo.

Yes, its true that migraciones wants to see actual bank statements from an argentine bank, showing deposits. But you can use Western Union to transfer to your bank account. You can actually do online WU transfers from a US bank account to an argentine one, they will accept that. We have done...

are all the Jetour SUV's hybrids? I think a hybrid has its place, but its definitely much more complicated and subject to problems than a straight electric version. For someone who routinely needs more than the maximum range of an all electric, it makes sense, but it will also cost more and...

I just found out today the exact same thing happened to mine- it was sent to Correo, and then, sent back to Renaper, and its waiting for me there. Why they just dont give you a choice of pickup or mail is beyond me. Not being around to sign for mail is not just an expat problem- many argentines...

I have ridden in several as ubers, and I always ask the drivers how they like them. Odds are pretty good these days that you get a BYD every sixth or eighth uber. Having owned an electric car for over five years in the US, I can tell you that repairs and maintenance are almost nonexistent, as...

I also would point out its a no brainer that every YPF station will have charging stations if they dont already. They have signed a deal with Tesla and there will be fast chargers on all major routes pretty quick. I know when I drive in the provinces I often stage my distances based on YPF...