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Just drink the freaking bottle or find someone to share it with.

jbeas176: I really don't know about Argentinian tax laws, as I wrote above. But I do know that whatever they say, you should abide by them unless you want to risk being featured in the next episode of Locked Up Abroad. Yes, there are a lot of tax evaders, but the OP specifically said he/she...

Steveinbsas: what exactly is inaccurate about what I said? "If you are a U.S. citizen or resident alien, your worldwide income is generally subject to U.S. income tax, regardless of where you are living." This is not a matter of opinion, it comes straight from the IRS publication I pointed to...

The Nobel count is a ridiculous way to keep score. Russia has 28, mostly from Soviet times. Does that make it a desirable place to live?

Steveinbsas: if that's what the law requires, the answer should be obvious.

As a US citizen or permanent resident, you will owe US taxes on your worldwide income, including any income from Argentina. I don't know anything about Argentinian taxes, but you should check if your US income is also taxable in Argentina. Your local income obviously will be. I don't really...

Mailing anything to Argentina is a leap of faith. Your friend will be lucky if the laptop ever gets back to the original US address. As far as forwarding to a new address, no, it won't happen and the very question is hilarious.

Camberiu: "the whole profane/sacred duology" - care to elaborate?

Cecil Fox: that's a very good question. I think that Americans are preoccupied with identity in general, not just race. Probably because it's a huge country. Everyone wants to be unique among 320 million people and learn what (if anything) makes others unique. This results in some pretty...

Noruega, Pitipur - on budgets, or any other matter, your conclusions are only as good as your assumptions. You're assuming the OP wants a couchsurfing lifestyle, others are pointing out that a 24-hour party lifestyle can be expensive. It's up to the OP to decide how he wants to live and BA can...

That's OK, she can still check the Latina box on college and job applications.

Polostar88: was that a Bertolt Brecht reference?

Wineguy999: this is not a US v. Argentina thing (although this never happened to me in the US). It's simply stupid and inefficient (anywhere it may happen) to harass customers like this without at least a reasonable suspicion that they were in fact shoplifting. Every person wearing a backpack...

A cashier at Carrefour recently asked me when checking out: "do you have anything in your mochila that we sell in this store?" I made her repeat the question in disbelief as it sank in. Then I said no, if I had more items they would be right in front of you. I don't know what I did to be...

Polostar - care to explain why Fareed Zakaria is "shameless" when commenting on what it means to be an American?

The answer is obvious. Only in Argentina could there be any doubt about what happened.

Now you look for a better country.

"And you are what?" An aging hipster.

El cuarteto de nos. Almost Argentinian (they're actually from Montevideo). Their hit "No somos latinos" is awesome.

Yolk and yoke are two very different things.