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Is buying Argentine bonds in the U.S. and selling them in Argentina still a viable way to get large sums of money into the country at favorable rates?

Other people's money.

I believe it's "full retirement age", which depends on the spouse's birth year: https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/ProgData/nra.html

That's the requirement for ex-spouses to collect.

SS survivor's benefits rules. If the surviving spouse remarries before age 60 she loses survivor's benefits. After 60, no problema. If you have children and you are of retirement age they can receive SS benefits until age 18 that equal half your monthly benefits.

Being an expat in Argentina is like being a one-legged man in an ass kicking contest.

Maybe the problem isn't that the cost of living doubled. Maybe the real problem is that the number of pesos in circulation doubled while the amount of goods remained the same, eg. too much money chasing too few goods.

Has anyone had any luck with a dual converter that converts 220V/50hz to 120V/60hz?

Good advice. I'd be a fool to jump in with both feet first.

When politicians decide not to put their own faces on the national currency but rather some patsy with no choice in the matter instead you know something's up.

Please give me the contact information when convenient. I would only use Panama for doing business. Would transfer my company from Taiwan to there. I would use Uruguay for its lifestyle. Pretty much what I do with Taiwan and Japan now. Once I sell my house in Japan...

I'm thinking about setting up in Panama and Uruguay and dividing my time between the two like I divide my time between Taiwan and Japan now.

The financial dry rot is so advanced it just needs a good push to bring it all crashing down.

What made me choose Taipei over BA in 1996 when I reconnoitred both was that you could make a decent living in Taipei. Taipei is also very safe. Its banking system works well and its government is pro-business so it's easy to make and save money. Now that its days are numbered though and I'm...

The sharp increase in productivity is due to giving workers computers and connecting them globally with the internet. The separation is due to wage competition from workers in low-cost countries.made easier by computers and the internet.

There's not enough other people's money to fill the fiscal black hole Bolshevists have created but at least they'll have the consolation of knowing they took down the capitalist system with them.

Financial fracking is the only way Argentina is going to keep from running completely out of other people's money.

Would you say that having no trouble with inbound $ transfers on WU is the norm? If so, that's good news.

I don't have any of these difficulties transferring money from the U.S. to Taiwan or Japan. Is it accurate to say that the cause in Argentina is because of behind the scenes efforts by the government to force residents to use its official exchange rate? If so, how is long-term residency viable...

General factors that would convince the majority of US citizens that owning property in Argentina isn't worth it?