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We locals learned long ago to wear only stealable watches worth thirty dollars or less.

Thanks for the link to a well written piece. Here's a paragraph that summarizes it: "Hasta diez minutos antes de la muerte de Néstor Kirchner, una legión de políticos, periodistas y medios de comunicación hablaban del santacruceño como el hombre que no tenía límites en su ambición de poder...

Perhaps we locals feel differently because BA used to be far safer just five years ago, and many of us don't know enough about other cities to draw comparisons. Personally, I can only compare BA with Washington. There, in a suburban home half an hour's drive from the White House and deep in a...

My next door neighbor was held up at a gunpoint at ten in the evening by two men who tried to force her to let them into the house. She started screaming, the neighbor on the other side went out on the sidewalk to see what was going on, the neighbor across the street leant out of the window...

These are the results of a world-wide Gallup poll asking people if they felt safe going out after dark: -- 61% of Argentines are afraid to go out at night -- The worldwide average is 36%. -- Only in 31 of the 105 surveyed countries were people more afraid to go out after dark than in Argentina...

Sorry, posted twice in error. Please delete this thread.

Sorry you lost your Blackberry - not only for the cost of replacing it, but also for the loss of the personal stuff stored in it. But people, please keep in mind that it takes the average Porteño a month's salary to buy a Blackberry or an iPhone locally. Using those in the subway is like...

According to Noticias magazine, he hit his head against the nightstand when he fell, and had a large bruise which wasn't very photogenic. Hope this post makes it - one of my posts in the Stella! thread got sidetracked for "approval" and hasn't resurfaced yet.

They may have started out like that years ago but, like many bona fide groups, they were taken over by political interests. If you believe they don't accept donations from anyone, I know of this great bridge for sale in Brooklyn. Or, in Spanish: Tengo un buen tranvia para venderle.

I'm afraid De Carlotto's comment is just a preview of coming attractions.

A heartfelt AMEN to the above...!:)

Traditionally, Args. see the New Year in at home with their families, and around 1:00 a.m. head out to parties. Most clubs have parties - both expensive private clubs and inexpensive neighborhood "Clubes Sociales" have some kind of celebration. Check the papers in early December; that's when...

Yesterday the Merval was up, Argentine bonds were up, the dollar was holding steady, and the country risk was down. A promising start...! Promising, but painful for those married to the dollar, who had been counting on a big devaluation after next year's elections. Now, all bets are off.

Exactly the point I tried to make in a thread now closed: this is a time to include, not exclude. It's a unique opportunity for sitting presidents, former presidents, would-be-presidents, vicepresidents, and officeholders of all levels to come together and try to make a fresh start.

You did well to replace it, Katti. I went through a lot of trouble and expense to get a printer/scanner repaired, only to have it fail again in two weeks. Now I only use it for scanning. AND I buy cartridges one at a time...! Had to throw away the six spare cartridges I had for that one...

In the first place, let me suggest your refrain from calling anyone "a very mean person". That's needlessly insulting, and contributes nothing to a thread. Second, the President of a country has a duty to try and unite its citizens, heal rifts, and get people working towards common goals...

You overlook the obvious fact that this funeral is no family affair but a MAJOR POLITICAL EVENT, played as such by the government when it declared three whole days of mourning. This would have been the perfect occasion to extend an olive branch, and offer some kind of conciliatory gesture to...

I wouldn't put it past him....:rolleyes:

She's studying film-making in a NY city institute, I think. There's a good one there.

Yes indeed, there are people here who will try to distort the facts, and your post is proof of that. Cobos and Duhalde did not choose not to attend the velatorio, they were ASKED or TOLD not to attend, which amounts to being barred = unwelcome = not wanted. Somehow I doubt the Government...