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    Taxi Scams Buenos Aires

    TAXIS SCAMS BUENOS AIRES BY A BUENOS AIRES TAXI DRIVER Hola I am John Boyle of www.BATaxis.com. Mine is a company that does bilingual transfers to and from Buenos Aires International Airport (EZE). And it is in that capacity that I have heard of the many little scams and tricks used by...
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    This is just not right! Cristina to turn foreign pensions into pesos!

    have a friend in Valencia Espania who is going nuts about this. Its totaly out of order. She is close to retirement and Cristina is turnning her pension into almost worthless toilet paper. Despite decades of hard work.
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    police record valid

    I went back to uk with my Argentine wife and Kids for a holiday and was told all my papers were invalid as they did not cover the time i was on holiday. And thus i had to begin again.Very annoying and time consuming and not cheap.
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    General Police Check Requirements/UK Police Checks

    I did all this using the met and FCO website. And used my Mums house as a mail staging post inbetween. Once you get the police report it then needs to be sent to a place in Milton Keynes to be Verified as legal. The police report will include everything in your life, warts an all iregardless...
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    Steak restaurants

    I agree with the poster above. I love Siga la Vaca (follow the Cow) Its an all you can eat parilla restuarant. My wife is not a fan of the eat til you drop mentality. But i love it.
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    Soccer Fan has arrived

    Sorry i am very late in replying to this post. But for any football fans that want to go to a match and pay the normal entrance fee then i recomend you support Tigre. They are in second place just 3 points behind Boca. And 9 times out of ten you can buy tickets on the day at $60 pesos each. I...
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    Help please! Does the FBI report really expire if I leave the country??

    Mine was from the English police ,but as i went home for a holiday the Argentine powers that be said it was all invalid as it did not cover the time i was on holiday. By the time i got all the police papers translation and apostles done again all of my Argentine papers plus visas had expired...
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    Dollar controls getting stricter

    I think the black market price of the U$S will now increase. It will slow down the trend of dollarazation of assets but not stop it.
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    Join me to watch the World Series tonight?

    How the hell can it be the world series if only one country plays in it?????????????????????????????
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    Argentine Football at Argentine Prices

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    Argentine Football at Argentine Prices

    Hola As you can see my name is Windy, I have been in Buenos Aires for almost 8 years and i have to say i love it. I live in the northern suburbs of the city and have become a fanatic of Tigre who play in the Argentine first division. I attend the matches buying my ticket on the day for $50...
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    Is this the right time to buy a property in Argentina?

    I think prices here are now high but i don't see a bubble as it is not mortgaged backed as it was in the US or Europe. Property here is paid for in full and with so many people buying just to dollarize there assets and protect them from inflation there is still no shortage of buyers. But i think...
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    Dentist Recommendations?

    Gonzalo 1558853015 He speaks perfext English and his prices are very reasonable. He is based on Santa Fe and Salguero
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    Global recession: An Argentine expat view

    I think the Euro zone collaspe is now a matter of when not if. The mess in the states and the downgrading. The crises with Italy and Spain and the fact that no one is still prepared to lend them money. They are both to big to Bail. So i think the Euro Zone is about to implode, and gods knows...
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    Getting US Dollars to Pay Rent

    This branch of superville bank will alllow you to take out dollars. Its on Charcas and Salguero. If you have a visa or mastercard and your passport you can take out dollars at the counter. Just this branch of superville not all supervilles.
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    Can I just disappear in Argentina?

    Beyween 1976 and 1983 an estimated 30,000 argentines did just disapear in Argentina. Tortured,drugged and thrown from aircrafts into the the sea or the river. So yes you can just disapear in Argentina.
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    best way to get USdollars? help pretty please

    That branch of superville is very good if you have visa or mastercard. You just go to the counter with your passport and get Dollars or pesos. But it is just that branch of superville not all of them. Also banco piano in the micro center was doing the same service but i am not sure if they still...
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    Expat Documentary Film

    Its really very silly when threads go so off message and get bogged down by stupid debates about America usa The 49 states (ill be deep deep in the cold cold ground before i reconize misouri) Courtesy of grandpa simpsom. The question and the debate was, Is the situation in the USA so bad that...
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    "Leaving America"

    Hunger in America By Patrick Martin November 17, 2010 "WSWS" -- Some 15 percent of US households, 17.4 million families or about 50 million people, were too poor to buy adequate food last year, according to a new report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). More than a third of these...
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    Expat Documentary Film

    I read the other day of record number of US Families that can not put enough food on the table as the economy crumbles around them. I also read that 100,000 Irish people mainly young and educated will leave Irelands devastated economic turmoil behide. Heading for other countrys. Mainly Canada...
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