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I don't know if it is fake, or simply that the wine was mishandled, i.e.perhaps left in hot warehouses for long periods of time, so the wholesalers unload it at discount prices. Whether it is fake, or spoiled, I don't want to buy or drink it. What I do know is that after several weeks of...

It is my experience that many of the items in the Chino supermercados are substandard. Some are out of date, or nearly so. Others have been poorly stored and handled and others are counterfeit. After many bad experiences with supposedly brand-name wines bought at Chinos, we now only buy wine...

The reports/rumors I hear are that Ideal is now supposed to reopen toward the end of this year, but without tango. The new investor group is said to be the one that owns Las Violetas and is planning an upscale cafe/restaurant like Las Violetas. Although Ideal was not originally a tango venue...

I am an American (norteamericana) married to an Argentino and I am commonly called gringa. At first I was offended, but it was carefully and repeatedly explained to me that this is just a descriptive word for a foreigner from Europe or North America and not intended as an insult. After all, the...

How long do you think such a scooter would remain in your possession? Depending on where you start out, my guess is that you definitely would have it stolen in less than an hour, and probably more like 20 minutes.

A friend is traveling to Buenos Aires In October. She has been advised to bring US cash to last the month but she is worried about the safety of having it in her rented apartment. Would she be much worse off financially relying on ATMs and not bringing so much cash? I haven’t been there for a...

Thank you Admin. I hope this helps us get back some of the community's friendliness and utility that seem to have been lost in the past couple of years.

If you were traveling to the US, it could have been a result of the change to daylight time. I left on March 6. My husband left on the same flight on March 14, and it left an hour earlier.

Rodolfo, you are SO right. For "pro lifers" who endorse the rape exception, the issue isn't murder, it is whether the woman had a good time.

I find it helpful when I enter a store or start a conversation or ask a question of someone I don’t know to begin by saying: “Disculpe, no hablo bien el español.” It resets their expectations and most people are really helpful then. A couple of times, pure Porteños have replied jokingly: ”Yo...

Nlaruccia, thanks for introducing me to Paste Mag. It will be one of my new go-to sites.

I am a U.S. citizen with permanent residency (rentista) in Argentina. I recently got married in the U.S. to an Argentine national. I am not interested in Argentine citizenship, and I already have residency, so is there any reason that we would want to inform the Argentine government that we...

I use pagomiscuentas to pay my apartment bills electronically when I am not there. I have a rentista visa and an account at Banco Santander Rio. It is tied to my account at Banco Santander Rio. It works fine, but I don't know if you can do it without an Argentine account.

How does schwab make money if it keeps on refunding their customers? -- Schwab Bank has almost no branches or ATMs of its own. It gets and keeps customers by servicing them through the internet and the facilities of other banks. It's a lot cheaper to refund ATM fees than to support...

The Argentine consulates don't put a lot of info online and they offer varying levels of efficiency, but if you are close to one, you should check with them about initiating the process there. Steve may be right about the US$800, but a listing on the website for the Los Angeles consulate...

I recommend Gabriel Celano as well. I went to him when I was well into the rentista process on my own. He quickly answered a few questions for me and recommended that I complete the process on my own. Which I did with success. The mercadolibre link above from Bajo Cero is for a completely...

Gpop. I hear you. I was a smoker for 30 years. I thought I was condemned. I tried and tried and was never be able to stop. Then one day, I happened across this book on a sale table in Barnes & Noble.: Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Stop Smoking...

Keep looking. A United flight that I ticketed 2 days ago is only about 750 pesos more today. Another tip: Our colleague Ben on this forum is a great travel agent. He might be able to help you.

Try 124# That's the number that gets our messages. Then follow La Coqueta's instructions.

Those blocks in Once are mainly in the area of Uriburu and Pasteur between Lavalle and Sarmiento