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This would be an interesting question if these persons could circulate without endangering anyone else they may come in contact with. This is not the case, so we need not delve into philosophy. If you are (or become) a carrier, you are endangering each and every person you come in contact with...

Is there any exception that can be made for immediate family of Argentine citizens? I know most countries allow it. Can anything be done on case by case basis? Have you contacted consular officials in Peru?

I don't think you got my point. I was not suggesting anything of the sort. Nor do I think China's initial reaction was defensible, though it likely would have changed little as far as the US is concerned.

Nobody knows what is going on in NYC. By which I mean to say that nobody knows the mortality rate as a percentage of people that are actually sick. I have firsthand knowledge of how inadequate the “confirmed cases” metric is. The true number of sick people may easily be 3x higher - or much...

There was a WhatsApp audio going around: “Mañana todos a las 9, a nuestros balcones. Para tirarnos.” In general humor is healthy. The meme explosion is a bit much, but is cathartic.

These days you never know, but this report by a Peruvian outlet does not sound accurate. I don’t think it’s legally possible, and it does not jive with what’s being reported. It isn’t possible, generally speaking, to deny a citizen entry to the country. Same for permanent resident (unless...

There is only one time I wasn’t asked for a return ticket or something similar by UK immigration authorities. The date was September 16, 2001. In the mayhem of those days, all travelers had to clear immigration, regardless of duration of stay. I was headed to Canada via London (4 days late -...

Are people allowed in the streets? Parks?

I have a first cousin working on the front lines at a NYC hospital. I’ve also heard from a couple of EMT’s involved in other cities. Basically, because it is entirely possible to carry the virus but be completely asymptomatic, most estimates that are based on the amount of people showing...

It might have something to do with marshall law... or marital law. (If you didn’t get the above joke, congratulations: it appears you’re not wasting your life on political Twitter).

The absolute high-order quote: Bolster says he earned a kind of absolution that, he admits, surprised him. “No one has ever said anything bad to me,” he says. “On the contrary, many people congratulate me. That's very confusing. I know it's wrong to steal. But they congratulate me.… To...

This is what travel agents are for. Never mind that you’ll probably pay less than with the airline directly. (Full disclosure: I’m a travel agent.)

The short answer - only if you’re paying in pesos. If you’re paying in any other currency, this tax should not apply. Some airline websites will apply the 30% by default if you’re leaving from BsAs, others will not. At any rate, if you’re looking for a one-way ticket to Canada, doing it with an...

If we can all take a break from debating whether politicians are hypocrites (they often are), whether Mujica is (who knows?), whether Uruguay is expensive (it is), and whether owning three $30K machines on a farm attests to large wealth (it does not) - Can it be mentioned that the quality of...

I’m not (at least most of the time). But I still work in Argentina. For all practical purposes, nothing has changed in that respect.

Can be dealt with. Always a good idea to speak to an agent (disclaimer: I’m one).

And have fun nabbing those. The thing about capital is that it knows how to move. Those Argentines with enough money to keep their assets abroad are precisely those who will know how to set up shell companies and all that. When you’re by far the biggest and most powerful country in the world...

The thing to bear in mind is, that the “target” of these regulations (capital stored abroad by people with enough money and know-how to do that) will invariably figure out how to dodge them. They will be left chasing small fish. Does anyone really think that someone will move their money here in...

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/world/americas/glenn-greenwald-brazil-cybercrimes.html Me, I think this tweet is perfect: