Recent content by steveinba

Another way to get dollars into the country for free is through American Express. If you have an Amex gold card or higher you can go to their office downtown and take out up to $1,000 in cash every week or every two weeks (can't remember which). It is charged to your Amex account and no...

I'm in Palermo, but everything is pretty close. Would definitely be up for a beer night!

Really? And do you think someone who has no money and a $100,000 bill for an emergency surgery has a choice to pay? That person will never pay more than a small fraction of the bill and it happens all the time. What are the "serious consequences?" Is the hospital going to break your kneecaps...

Are you teaching pilates here in BA? I'm looking to do a little pilates to loosen up my back actually. I had some private instruction back in the states and it worked very well for me.

Also, if you think the insurance companies are the problem in America, you need to consider that total industry profits are not a lot relative to what we spend on healthcare. I couldn't find a figure online, but I assure you it is way south of $100 billion per year. Even if you took ALL of that...

But it is mandated. As a somewhat civilized country we do not turn people away at emergency rooms when they are in serious trouble or dying. Most of the people without insurance will never pay the bills. They will either disappear or declare bankruptcy. The alternative would be to let people...

Che. Just moved here 6 weeks ago from NYC. I am 31 also and will be here a while. Hopefully will see you all at some baexpats events when I finally make it to one!

I'm planning to travel to Brazil for a few weeks in October and can't find a good guide book anywhere in BA. The book stores here don't seem to sell guide books for countries in SA aside from Argentina. Does anyone have a lonely planet or other guide book for brazil that they would be...

Planning to start out in Rio for few weeks and then maybe travel up north. Any suggestions about things to do or not to do in Rio?

Ok, well I guess I'm just going to be getting the 90 day variety then. I don't speak a word of Portuguese and am only intermediate in Spanish (only been here a month so far) so I hope I won't have too much trouble at the consulate! Thanks for your help.

How do I get the 5 yr tourist visa? I would rather not have to do this again if I want to return to Brazil in the future.

Thanks Bradley. Sounds like an absolute nightmare :) So if I book my ticket online, can I show them a copy of the itinerary? I haven't received paper tickets for a flight in years. Also, I don't have proof of employment because I am self employed (freelance). Is this going to be a problem...

Any US citizens in Argentina know what the best way is to get a visa to travel to Brazil? Is there an office somewhere in BA where I can go to apply for the visa?

maybe he didn't have 3 two peso notes

And it worked fine for a month and suddenly no one is receiving my texts. I can't even add more funds by text, because personal doesn't receive them.