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Oh, they'll just hire somebody to kick you out.

I'd rather stay a smart ass. If you want to become one - get another bank account. It may sound mind boggling to you, but there are banks that not charge you 5 bucks, but give you 1.50 reward when you use a foreign ATM.

I guess you need to find a bank that charges you 6 dollars for each withdrawal and stick with it forewer. It is the only way to manage your money very carefully :) .

No, he is talking about enormous sufferings of "la gente trabajadora" ruthlessly exploited by american imperialists, who somehow do not want to open their big fat wallets to pay them more than local employers. You see, the same brand new car can be priced differently in different zipcodes and it...

Girls who frequent girls only hangouts don't have any boyfriends. Sounds pretty logical to me.

When a company produce goods for 1000 pesos, they count it not as 320 dollars, as it would be according to official exchange rate, but as, say, 900 dollars. Because they think that's what is actual purchasing power of 1000 pesos (transportation is cheap, beef is cheap, long term rent is cheap...

I would like to add that if you sort countries alphabetically by name, Argentina will be even higher in the list :) Talking seriously, it looks like GDP per capita that is used for HDI calculation is overrated. Do you believe that Argentina has 13 grands US GDP per person? Right after Saudi...

auntieapple, You made an informed decision not to pursue getting the residency for some personal reasons. I completely understand it. I just assume you should also be ready to accept some inconveniences that come out from this decision. Being an outside person you can easily make more money...

Can we also compare probabilities for American to get a visa to Brazil and Brazilian to get a visa to the USA? Now if American embassy charges 20 bucks for processing a visa application, the math can be pretty different. I just want to say that using a reciprocity principle exclusively is an...

Precisely. And it applies to bureaucratic system in any country. People who work there are paid for following instructions not for thinking. Otherwise they would do something more creative. If the instruction says you need to provide a police report from all the countries you have lived at for...

I think "contribuciones forzosas extraordinarias" in this context refers to taxes, not to ordinary expenses. Besides I believe it is fair when state-subsidized airline, for example, has a two-tier pricing for people who pay taxes and people who don't pay taxes. While living here for 5 years...

Fascist America, in 10 easy steps by Naomi Wolf published in the Guardian (UK) Kind of a cookbook recipe of converting an open society to a dictatorship. Draws historical parallels and questions how far America has gone on this way. "Because Americans like me were born in freedom, we have a...

Sometimes there are so many of them lurking outside that it is difficult to open a front door. Sometimes they start shooting from AK-47s into the glass door before I can even open it. And the doorman (in those rare moments when he is not tied up to the chair with the duct tape) has to replace...

I think you are listening too much to Argentines who are reminiscent about the good old times when nobody even locked the doors. I am absolutely sure that Buenos Aires is safer than Washington DC and Atlanta. I assume that it is safer than Detroit, St. Louis and many other big cities in the...

So, the doorman didn't open a door for you. And some girl assumed that you are a great dancer. Yeah, this stuff is really brutal.

Gol (brazilian budget airline) flies between San Paolo and BA. http://www.voegol.com/

Have you considered to start begging? With this national shortage of coins it is about the only way to get some spare change around here. That's why by the way there are so many beggars on the streets. If I may offer a friendly generic advice: You do not always have to do what you've been...

Au Bec Fin is way too expensive. I prefer Plaza Asturias - good seafood, complimentary sherry, prices are moderate.