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That last line was totally unnecessary - confrontational and needlessly aggressive. It almost made me ignore your post, but since the rest is tolerably civil, here's the answer: my idea of an enlightened president are people like Roosevelt, Truman, and Obama. I oppose the ley de medios...

Please note I said HALF the corruption would likely vanish - the new administration will probably be corrupt too, but will have to start building its own corruption network from scratch. As for Menem's corruption, I was not in Argentina at that time and don't know much about his regime. From...

The "Ley de Medios" has not fully passed - it has only half sanction. I urge you to read the paper more closely. That is, if you are fluent in Spanish. Some expats live in a kind of private bubble - the country see and talk about has no resemblance to the Argentina the locals live in. But by...

Please note that I thanked your post - it exposed your nature nicely and saved me the trouble of doing it. Now, since you choose to take off on the "insult" tangent, please enlighten this poor woman afflicted with "unfathomable levels of boring old ignorance". Is Moxon your forum name, or...

Sorry to disagree - the way I read it, Gouchobob is saying no such thing. That is your own interpretation. No one "deserves" to die, but we all will die nevertheless when our time comes. If anyone HAD to die at this particular time, it is better for Argentina that it was Nestor Kirchner...

Moxon sounds like someone who could be crying right alongside D'Elia. Not for the same reasons, hopefully.

Can't say I'm sad at the news - the man was a shameless, conniving crook who did his best to wreck the country's institutions. We shall now see whether Cristina is the painted puppet many think she is, or Presidential material. Good it happened before they had the chance to ram that...

From another forum, excellent advice on how to get a deposit back: "Most foreigners don't know this, but it is very hard to evict someone in Buenos Aires, even for not paying rent. If you are concerned about not getting the deposit back, you can simply not pay the last month's rent and have...

From what I've read here, the fee for overstaying a visa is now three hundred pesos, regardless of whether one overstays it by a day or by a year. So I wouldn't bother doing visa runs to Colonia - not only is the ferry expensive, but everything in Colonia is sky-high.

Check with Prefectura - they are the ones who issue pilot's licenses.

The much-publicized "nazi policies" of some US states are nothing more than asking workers to show their green cards. Just like being asked to show your driver's license at a routine traffic check. Those 2000 argentinians are illegal aliens who jumped their tourist visas and are working...

Sic the AFIP on that Daud creature for evading taxes. The AFIP is always hungry for revenue and has become very resourceful when hunting for it. Last year they started cross-checking people's credit card charges against their declared income, and combing the Punta del Este phone book to find...

I don't know, but would guess that depends on who's on duty that day, and what side of the bed they got out of that morning. Perhaps you could try walking into the cabin without calling attention to the dog, and sitting as near to the door as possible. You may get lucky - people here often...

ALWAYS tell the locals you are leaving three days ahead of your actual flight date, and spend those nights somewhere else. That allows for some room to fight possible scams. Onceyou are in a cab with all your luggage, on your wait to the airport, you are a sitting duck. No options...

Lee must be joking when he mentions "porteros" and "loyalty" in the same sentence. It's common knowledge that porteros get kickbacks from every repairman they call and steal anything that's not nailed down. When we got married a highly-paid "portero" tried to steal our wedding presents. He...

Good idea, taking a cab and have the driver wait. I was in El Cerro only once, driving around and trying to find the house of an old Spanish Anarchist and pick up some archives he was donating. I was not familiar with the area, and it took me about an hour to find the right street and get...

In twelve hours you can see most of Montevideo - it's a small city. Feels like stepping off the time machine. It is rundown and looks as no maintenance has been done since 1930. That has the advantage that you can see most buildings still in their original condition. The Palacio Salvo on...

AAARGHHHH.....! My cover is blown... :(

Kirchner=Swiss, actually.

Argentines are definitely NOT savers. A long history of devaluations, military coups, and economic crises left them feeling that pesos, like lettuce, go bad in a matter of days. Those who can buy small rental apartments and keep a little stash of dollars - generally not more than three-month's...