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Let's just kill off a proportion of the population so that GDP doesn't suffer.

During the first couple years of the Macri years I paid a landlord in dollars (2 year contract with no rent increase), then after a year of the peso staying strong against the dollar, the landlord wanted 100USD more in rent because he expected the peso to weaken more against the dollar and...

If a landlord makes it clear up front that he is only willing to take USD that is fair. However, in jblaze's situation it sounded like the landlord said he could pay in pesos and then complained when he did so.

That is true. I think being firm, but polite is your best bet. You shouldn't be bullied into paying dollars when they specifically told you that you could pay in pesos at the current rate.

It's true, it's not easy for landlords in Argentina, but they can build safeguards into the contract instead of demanding payment in dollars to a foreign account which won't be taxed. If their return is low then they should offload the asset and put their money somewhere else. No one is...

They aren't going to sue you. Why would they expose their own tax evasion? I agree that paying in USD can be easier for everyone involved, but as you said you are now paying 30% extra if you pay in dollars. The negotiation would have different. The contract said you could pay the equivalent...

This is the company that owns the brand - http://www.ccu.com.ar/nuestras-marcas/ Same one that makes Schneider and Imperial. Not sure why it isn't widely distributed.

Trump says you can even go to work if you have corona flu. No problem!

Isn't most pro-life funding coming from a very wealthy and powerful source based in Europe, which has a criminal apparatus that has protected child abusers from prosecution and enabled their continued sex crimes? They may have been involved in imperialism that erased entire cultures from the...

Because we decide through a representative government (as flawed as it may be) where tax dollars should be spent that will benefit society as a whole. Why should you have to pay for infrastructure in a part of the country you'll never use? Why should you have to pay for the health care of some...

Yes, it does come with a bone.

Ventanilla, I don't share Perry's great dislike of Mujica, but you need to learn reading comprehension if you are going to be so vicious in your criticisms. Perry said millions for Mujica and billions for Castro. Not billions for Mujica. Genuine question - Did Uruguay, especially for the...

Most economist think that even if the Chinese dumped all their treasuries it wouldn't have much of a long term effect on the market, besides temporarily higher interest rates. Dumping their treasuries would be considered a hostile act that would be met with economic retaliation by the US. It...

Why will it cause the demise of the US dollar? Doesn't the dollar usually get stronger during global crises due to investors parking their money in t-bills?

I've read they have a small aging population with a lot of emigration of the the young. Just driving through Uruguay I've seen lots of people living in precarious rural poverty. You don't really get the impression that the country has a bright, exciting future. I do get the appeal of Uruguay...

Can anyone enlighten me to why Uruguay is so expensive? Even outside the mega rich areas of Jose Ignacio, Punta, etc. the costs are close to the US for many items.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/02/covid-vaccine/607000/ "The Harvard epidemiology professor Marc Lipsitch is exacting in his diction, even for an epidemiologist. Twice in our conversation he started to say something, then paused and said, “Actually, let me start again.” So it’s...

Boedo, Almargo, Paternal, Chacarita.

Thanks Steve!