Recent content by toongeorges

Trump does not care about the tariffs in other countries, he cares about a trade deficit with other countries. Argentina and Brazil, though they have high import tariffs, import more from the US than that they export to the US, so in the logic of Trump, there is no issue. China, Japan and the...

Apparently the formula for US import tariffs is: (total exports - total imports)/(2 * total imports) rounded up with a minimum of 10÷, see https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93gq72n7y1o So the higher the relative trade deficit, the higher the tariffs. There is nothing reciprocal about it...

I left Argentina 1 year and a half ago. If things are cheaper in Uruguay than in Argentina, Argentina must have become expensive. Uruguay never was cheap and Uruguayans visited Argentina, because Argentina was so much cheaper.

I read the link of the original poster and feel the need to reply. I think the article illustrates that most Asians and Westerners do not ever understand tango. For Argentines, tango is a social dance. For many Westerners and Asians, it is a competition. Westerners make tango into that you...

If you overstay, you will have to pay a fine in person to be allowed to leave Argentina. Search this forum to find a link to the official website for more info and the exact amount, it should be around 50 euro. If you make a day trip to Uruguay, in theory you could be denied entry on return...

If you have a partner, be sure he likes to divide his time between Argentina and the US as well. I had a long time relationship with an Argentine (more than 4 years), but we ended splitting up, because she had to be at least 11 out of 12 months per year in Argentina with her parents (no...

For good value for money, you could consider taking Spanish classes at UBA: http://idiomas.filo.uba.ar/es/espanol-como-lengua-segunda-y-extranjera These classes are also a great way to meet young people, most of the language students are foreign students at UBA.

When I used to shop in Coto already a long time ago, they would ask me for my passport anytime the bill was higher than a given amount (10000 pesos at the time). I only paid in cash, so I do not know if this is different from paying with a credit card. I always said I didn't have my passport...

You can wait for a long time, international companies have come and gone, because (in many cases) paying a greater than 100% effective tax rate is not a sustainable business model if you are not following Argentine tax avoidance techniques. International companies and competition will only come...

Politics is like a pendulum. Argentina's pendulum has big amplitudes...

I would just stick with tear gas, water cannons and pepper spray. No bullets or lifes to be taken.

The formula is (1.01^365 - 1)*100, which is about 3700%, which could imply that this time around next year 1 USD could be worth 40000 ARS. Imagine that the highest denomination note stays 2000 pesos, then you could pay with the equivalent of 5 pennies. Cash counting machines may be a booming...

Argentines are very tolerant to foreigners. The social divide in Argentina is not on where you are from, but on whether you are poor or rich.

Forget spicy food in regular Argentine restaurants. You may have some luck in Chinese restaurants. I have eaten very spicy food (beyond cayenne pepper heat, which I have no troubles with) in a Chinese restaurant years ago near the subway station Malabia, it may have been this one...

Espero que le vaya bien a la Argentina