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    Argentine health system faces perfect storm amid Milei's austerity

    Libertarian Lingchi - death by a thousand cuts Milei is sold in the media as a man simply looking to tackle inflation, but he is a pure ideologue; if he can kill public education, healthcare, infrastructure, etc. at the same time he will because he earnestly believes these things should be...
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    How's everyone hanging in there with the cost of living these days?

    What, you don't like the man with the sister version of an Oedipus complex?
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    How's everyone hanging in there with the cost of living these days?

    Reminds me of And the Money Kept Rolling In (and Out): When the money keeps rolling in, you don't ask how... When the money keeps rolling out you don't keep books... My personal guess is that everyone close to Milei and Caputo know that this isn't sustainable, and as such the plan is to...
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    How's everyone hanging in there with the cost of living these days?

    The macroeconomy is in a bad spot, yet Milei and Caputo can't stop congratulating each other because they drink their own Kool Aid. We've reached the perfect storm of Milei retaining Peronist capital controls (VLLC), the dollar being artificially cheap due to the BCRA interventions in the forex...
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    Is inflation killing tourism?

    Inbound tourism nose dived 20% YoY and it appears to be directly related to how expensive in dollars Argentina is https://www.memo.com.ar/economia/cae-el-turismo-extranjero-por-el-encarecimiento-del-dolar-en-argentina/
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    Warmest winters?

    Hi Mike, I think it's important to keep in mind just how big Argentina is and how many Koppen Zones Argentina has (11 according to a quick search, 2 more than the lower 48, though different of course; we don't have nice Florida like beaches sadly). I personally love Buenos Aires from May...
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    Between January and June, las expensas rose 87% in CABA

    Update: since posting this, the expenses are now $220K/month, 63% increase in less than 4 months. Thankfully my lease is up in a couple months
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    Milei fires foreign minister for opposing US embargo on Cuba

    Ah, so he's already on all fours for Uncle Sam as it is, makes sense. Love that Milei sovereignty
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    Doug Casey: Flee the USA to Freedom in Argentina

    I'll believe this when that parasite Marcos Galperin returns his fiscal residency to Argentina, until then, it's all right wing grifters doing free media for Milei.
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    Milei fires foreign minister for opposing US embargo on Cuba

    The don't see a hint of the irony in that statement it seems... Some of my favorite countries we trade with that meet this requirement include, but are not limited to: - The United Kingdom (which totally respects Argentina's sovereignty, right?) - Russia, which is engaged in an active war with...
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    Viva La Casta, Carajo! Milei Sets Strong Restrictions on Reimbursements/Coverage for Prepagas; Creates 2 Tier System for Monotributistas.

    Things keep getting worse, but hey, at least OSDE, Galeno, Sancor, etc. are going to have record profits this quarter! It's unfortunate that people do things like this, but not surprising...
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    Messengers and social networks

    Twitter here is a lot less popular than in Brazil, it's mostly politicians, especially Milei's party, and some companies. Maybe other people have different experiences, but I know it's much bigger in Brazil and the US compared to here.
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    Messengers and social networks

    You need WhatsApp, si o si here. Main social media is Instagram I'd say, especially amongst younger people under 40, along with TikTok. Telegram is basically crypto scams, pedophiles, and porn, (so the same as in Europe I assume). iMessage isn't super popular due to the low proliferation of...
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    Viva La Casta, Carajo! Milei Sets Strong Restrictions on Reimbursements/Coverage for Prepagas; Creates 2 Tier System for Monotributistas.

    The latest assault on Argentines' health, err, I mean "the caste" is brought to us by Javier Milei and Gabriel Oriolo, the former OSDE executive and millionaire that now runs the Superintendency of Health Services...
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    Javier Milei's Economic Reforms Are Already Paying Off in Argentina

    I was going to say, OP needs to send some of these apartment listings my way 😆
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    Mentally ill American friend stuck in Argentina please advise!

    Ah, now I understand why you were asking; well, as you said, you can't force someone to do something they don't want to, especially with aggravating factors like mental illness and substance abuse issues, so this will likely be something she will have to come around to once she's (hopefully) in...
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    Mentally ill American friend stuck in Argentina please advise!

    I'm sorry you, your friend, and their family is going through this, it must be a very stressful experience aggravated by the underlying problems, but the fact that your friend is somewhere with attending physicians is a positive since they're not lost on the streets during this break...
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    Potential elimination of citizenship-based taxation of American expats

    Congress I'd argue 100%, but given how dysfunctional it is, the Supreme Court has increasingly let the Executive Branch monkey around with things when there is any guise of it potentially being their jurisdiction. I suppose the argument being advanced here would be that it's tangentially related...
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    Javier Milei Infuriates G-20 by Rejecting Call for Gender Equality

    So you came to Argentina? You realize with the exception of troglodytes like Milei that Argentina is one of the most progressive countries in terms of women's rights in Latin America. Why not go to Afghanistan if you hate all this "woke gender ideology"? And Canada is a shitty place to live for...
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    What is the real value of the peso?

    I think several people have made valid points. It's difficult to look at the value of the peso independent of the context of the larger Argentine macro economy where everything from bread to clothes to the dollar is distorted. The peso is currently overvalued/the dollar is planchado, and we're...
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