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Eight years of Bill, 8 years of Hil. Eight years of Jav, 8 years of Kar.

But, presumably, next month, it will halve again, given the devaluation this week (also depending on how far up the minimum monthly salary moves in January).

The thread "If the economy gets real bad will people turn on expats?" has turned into "If the economy gets real bad will real expats turn on fake expats?" (As I recall, El Tigre had a unique writing style that made a lot of use of capital letters. AI could probably recreate it.)

But how would we know if the very site claiming that this is occurring isn't in fact itself an AI fake from an AI content farm stealing stories from legitimate news sites, by having AI rephrase everything and publish to a new site?

You have to wonder what impact the government's public service measures will have on the attitude of staff at Migraciones and on their capacity to process applications in the coming months.

The official dollar goes to 800 pesos as of the Economy Minister's announcement a few minutes ago. So that softens the blow considerably if your lawyer can't get them to desist. It's not clear whether the dollar is fixed at that rate or floats. Obviously, the minimum monthly salary will continue...

As Dr Phil once said: "You'd worry less about what people think of you if you only knew how seldom they do."

I've no idea. Everything else is very expensive too. We went to Geant supermarket to see what locals paid for ordinary groceries and the prices were through the roof.

Uruguay somehow manages to have USA-level restaurant prices without USA-level wages.

See the thread Seeking in-home care for elderly mother in law someone posted four hours after you posted this.

See the thread Registered nurse looking for a job that someone started four hours before you posted this.

You probably mean you are not sure if by wiring money to a bank account you might alert AFIP to a tax liability for the recipient (or increase that person's tax liability). (If the account holder doesn't have a tax liability (i.e., is not a tax resident of Argentina) then it can't be a...

Guillermo Moreno has been running around for the last couple of weeks making this very point: no Libertarian has even been elected at municipal level anywhere in the world, yet in Argentina they managed to elect one president. His take on it is that Argentina is a special place that has done two...

The official devalued significantly at COB. Now at 390.

No sign of any change, yet... https://www.lanacion.com.ar/economia/bienes-personales-a-partir-de-que-patrimonio-debera-pagarse-el-impuesto-de-este-ano-y-que-exenciones-nid29112023/

As per the movie marathon: "Months might have turned into years. Still nothing..."

They are all over the place. First they make you demonstrate a pension that meets a minimum. That minimum can only be calculated at the official exchange rate at the time (not some arbitrary WU rate that they can't possibly know). Then they say you must bring that pension in, but you can do so...

Of course he doesnt. That was one of the reasons his internship at the Central Bank wasnt renewed. (Maybe he speaks Viennese or Austrian.)

I wonder if it might have been this one:

Correction: You are not at a pre-Precaria stage. You have your Precaria. Of course. And with that you can, in fact, open a bank account, as they are asking you to. (Finding a bank official who knows his or her own regulations well enough to take your Precaria as the basis for opening an account...