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Finally, the main event was a rearrangement of Mas' drumkit into a smaller but more eclectic setup, allowing room for a pair of samplers for Lida, and an electronic drum for Chancha. Lida came out in full Lida Regalia- she is well known for her modern takes on traditional Afro Columbian and...

Next, Chancha came out and played a DJ set. Chancha has been a DJ for a long time, and his particular blend of cumbia and dance music is easy to groove to, unusual in its depth of sources, and often punctuated by him playing instruments live along with the beats. He has been teaching mixing and...

I have been going to Club Niceto for at least 15 years. Its a typical rock club the world around. Painted black, cheap beer and a sticky floor. its capacity is 1500 people, which means its big enough to accomodate a wide range of medium popular local and international bands, but still much nicer...

credit cards are not as common here- many businesses expressly refuse to take credit cards, only debit or transfer. But Banco Galicia will change her current debit card to a credit card, and she can have a visa card. They sometimes require you change the exact type of account you have, but its...

actually there are a ton of regulations about consorcios, administrators, and expensas. They tell which buildings must have a consorcio, and in most cases require paying an outside, professional administrator, who pays all the bills, and, then, monthly, complies the expensas, and gives them to...

I think the fastest easiest way is just send money direct to her existing galicia account via western union. The nomimnal cost per transaction may seem higher at first, but most of the other ways also have expenses, and are from companies or banks more susceptible to unexpected law or regulation...

personally I cannot imagine who would buy such a condo. There are truly amazing older apartments in BA, with lower expensas, incredible quality, and much nicer neighborhoods, for half that price. still, there is no question that prices for everything here right now are really high, especially...

Its crazy. Most have quadrupled, or more. Its mostly related to Milei, who did several things to upset the applecart. Getting rid utility subsidies was one big ingredient. Aysa and Edenor and Metrogas in my building used to be very low minimums, now they are double or triple. The squeeze on the...

A lot of good bands, but too far into the suburbs for me.

She is on substack now, writing a couple of times a week.

No, I would not buy here for “ investment “. Buy in Argentina if you want to live here. Longterm, its better than renting, but its complicated and expensive to buy or sell. Transaction fees can be 10%. However, Argentines have put their money in real estate for a century or more, and it has...

Property here is, and has been for decades, priced in dollars. Although property prices did drop significantly after the corralito, in 2001, the current crisis has not resulted inmuch in the way of price declines. The exchange rate doesnt really affect property prices. There some deals right...

probably younger than the average poster here on political topics...

I cant see much changing until the next presidential election. We have Milei doing as much as the deputados will let him do, but they wont let him have compete free trade, because they think (and I agree) that it would cause massive business closures, unemployment, and poverty, leading to...

as Gomer Pyle used to say- "Surprise, Surprise, Surprise".

If you have a chauffeur, then yes, I suspect a bubble. Ask him to give you a tour of the Conurbano…

the difference between Argentina and Spain is not labor laws, or taxation, although Spain has a more progressive tax situation. The difference is Spain is in the EU, with much free-er trade, and Argentina has a byzantine network of taxes, tariffs, rules, laws, delays, and frictional costs on...

current Don Julio prices are 70,000 to 85,000. and there is usually a line. so, somebody.

read post #24, which says exactly that. its what I was responding to.

I would agree. No income tax is actually paid, less than 100,000 people are even eligible. No taxes on land- and over 80% of the arable farmland is owned by under 1000 people. Hardly any corporate taxes collected, compared to similar size economies in other countries. Instead, the actual...