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The forum is supposed to be useful. When visitors see a thread called "Hanging in there?" they don't expect to see a full-blown discussion of Uruguay Tax Residency program inside. Sometimes we write to people and beg them to stay on topic, or to learn how to start new threads. Sometimes we...

Wednesday, 06 December 2017 ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Writer Margaret Atwood to Speak at the National Library[www.thebubble.com] The novel’s starring character Offred converges in a Christian theonomy in New England, where some women in bondage try to raise up against a misogynistic system. Even when...

Friday, 16 December 2016 Immigration As Art: ‘Transparesencia’ Puts Migration Under An Artistic Lense[www.thebubble.com] Pulpería, or general store, the kind you could have found in the U.S. during its Wild West days. The bar received its current name in 1928, when it was frequented by British...

Friday, 26 August 2016 On “Survival Guides”: Falling In Love With Buenos Aires One Quilombo At A Time[The Bubble] The listed items above, well, those are just the details. The icing. Differences and developments feel normal after a while. That’s life anywhere. It does not really matter. Give me...

Friday, 10 June 2016 Anthony Bourdain’s Show ‘Parts Unknown’ Features Buenos Aires This Sunday[The Bubble] In the Kitchen. Based off their chat, it was evident that Bourdain pulled out all the stops to ensure an authentic cultural experience (although he disappointingly drew the line at giving...

Saturday, 09 April 2016 Prosecutor Requests Ex-President be Investigated for Money Laundering[The Argentina Independent] The businessman is accused of laundering at least US$5m through his company Austral Construcciones, which was created in 2003 and won a number of state contracts for public...

Friday, 11 March 2016 Where To Get The Best Coffee In Buenos Aires[The Bubble] Puerto Blest beans are also organic. Yes, every cup that you order here is made with top selected beans from coming from small farms around the world. So, which is our favorite preparation in here? Honestly, we...

Wednesday, 02 March 2016 Nisman Case: Ex-Spy’s Testimony Changes Course of Investigation[The Argentina Independent] The judge also opened a new investigation into Fein after Stiuso claimed that the prosecutor previously in charge of the case had not documented his full testimony when previously...

Monday, 15 February 2016 Sausage smackdown: Argentina claims to have largest salami in Americas[Fox News Latino] Buenos Aires – The Argentine city of Tandil has made the largest salami in the Americas, a cured sausage 28.2 meters (92.4 feet) long and weighing 88.2 kilos (194 pounds), organizers...

Friday, 08 January 2016 Surviving Summer in Buenos Aires[LandingPadBA] As the Porteños like to say “Lo que te mata es la humedad (It’s the humidity that kills ya!). It probably won’t kill you, but the Buenos Aires summer will certainly try. Here are a few pools, beaches, cold drinks, and ice...

Sunday, 22 November 2015 Why Wall Street cares a lot about Argentina's elections[KSPR] KSPRArgentina will elect a new president Sunday who could finally end a decade-long battle between the hedge funds and Argentina over huge debt payments. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and her predecessor...

Saturday, 26 September 2015 There’s a New Five-Peso Bill and It Looks Awful[The Bubble] The BCRA has been releasing new versions of the hundred-peso and fifty-peso bills, with both of them being praised locally and internationally for their beautiful designs ... Sovereignty Tent: Protesting...

Tuesday, 08 September 2015 Need a Crown to be a Queen?[The Bubble] "We will lose a part of our history, and our towns will lose a part of theirs. I’d like the deputy to sit down and at least have a conversation with us and get to know who we are… We aren’t just pretty girls who want to be...

Wednesday, 02 September 2015 Puccio crime clan continues to intrigue Argentina[BBC News] It was 1985 and Argentina was coming to grips with its newly restored democracy. Secrets were slowly emerging after seven years of military rule during which as many as 30,000 people had been forcibly...

Sunday, 05 July 2015 Reporting From Argentina: In the Footsteps of Pope Francis[NBC 10 Philadelphia] They traveled to his homeland of Argentina this summer to cover the people and places most influential to Jorge Bergoglio as well as his passions and the political controversy that defines his...