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If I recall (and please correct me if I’m wrong) the whole blue/legal rate difference didn’t start to occur until the official embargo on foreign currency occurred (circa 2012, around the start of CFK’s second term).

It was possible to get dollars through the cuevas, but I do recall a time when some restaurants were accepting dollars (namely those in Puerto madero) at very interesting exchange rates possibly as an easier and “off the books” way of obtaining those dollars.

Actually under the CFK years, since it was impossible to get dollars most shops/restaurants gave very favorable conversion rates, out of desperation for obtaining dollars.

Yes because the prices will still go up no matter in what currency you pay in.

is she a resident like with a pension visa/rentista? If so, the documents she used to get that visa should suffice... how did she buy the condo originally? Wired the money from US? The reason banks ask about income is because of now strict money laundering procedures.... HSBC Argentina was close...

Bolsonaro needs to come off his high horse and realise that Argentines have a lot of pride (too much sometimes) and most would never dream of leaving Argentina no matter how bad it gets, with rare exceptions being Europe or US.

Speaking of which, this might probably be a good wave to ride for someone to obtain a pensioner/rentista visa... If it’s still at 30.000 pesos(?) a month, that means at 60 pesos to the dollar, you’d only need to show 500 dollars monthly now.... The process takes 3 months and it doesn’t look like...

You’ll still probably get fined when you leave the airport, and the fines will probably go up as well as the Visa reciprocity being reinstated, but immigration prob won’t be as tough as now, as CFK relies on those undocumented to cheer and vote for her.

It took years to get to the dire extreme it’s in now but many wealthy Venezuelans and just about all of the famous people from all the fancy soap operas they used to tape there, saw the writing on the wal and left at the first sight of what (then) Chavez meant in the early 2000s. It’s now the...

I’m telling you: She had/now has some people totally bewitched. She says it, and it could be the most absurd thing in the world, but her admirers are so charmed by her that they will literally eat it up. A lot of people under CFK lived what most people would deem to be “poor” lives but had...

Aside from the fact that many Argentinians have grown accustomed, or maybe even spoiled, by the cheap beer, cheap asado, planes sociales, and other government help and are like a kid who’s had its toys taken away for years, there is a strong and genuine population who are desperately struggling...

Agreed but going back to the main point in my first post- It seems that there were more of us “crazy expats” living here during the CFK years, and albeit there were complaints about Cristina’s crazy ways regarding not being able to get foreign currency or imported goods, most people sounded like...

They might not even bother pricing anymore if it gets too out of hand. That’s what happened before. Actually, some (non essential item) stores in BA were already not bothering to put prices last I was there and a couple of restaurant owner friends who used to invest in quality menu paper kept...

Oh I don’t think the paper was seeking sympathy for the couple in Orlando nor saying we should either, I think they were just trying to show what this rampant currency change would do to those currently abroad.. It’s not very common to wake up one day and see such a big alteration in currency in...

There was an article in the paper today about how the huge influx would affect those currently travelling abroad and about how one young couple had planned their trip to Orlando rounding down to the last cent and was now unable to afford staying there the days they had planned but also could not...

LOL after seeing CFK and all that she’s currently being invested for run and successfully look as if she will win, a Lazaro Baez Ministry of Economy would simply be another splash of water but nothing major

I’ve already had several blind arguments with K voters who don’t seem to care at all about the USD sky rocketing as a result of last night by telling me they “couldn’t even afford it when it was at 18” and who don’t care about foreign investments, Wall Street, and the likes. Let’s not forget...

I used to think Macri was incapable of admitting defeat, but yesterday evening’s press conference had us see a Macri that in my opinion was like a dog with his tail between his legs, and whilst this may be because he never dreamed the results would be this crushing, yesterday may have been the...

A huge part of their (K+K) argument/promise is based on them telling Argentines they will be “happy again” (IE: be able to afford the basics, control the tarifazos, purchase a car, etc) I must say, under CFK, I did see that a lot more of my Argentine friends consumed more (albeit paying it all...

I agree that it was starting to improve, however I also have to say that unfortunately Argentina isn’t a country that can afford long wait times for said improvement. Argentines are inpatient, have very little memory, and vote however their same-day economic panorama looks like, and let’s face...