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In 1979, there was a list of 2665 people. everyone knew there were more. In 2007, a list of 9000 people were engraved in the Parque de la Memoria. somehow, in that 30 years, a lot more victims were documented. That documentation goes on today, and tommorow. At what date do we declare it finished?

I know dozens of Argentines who personally knew people, often were related to people, who were disappeared. I know Argentines who fled Argentina on a couple of days notice, when green falcons were seen parked in front of their houses. Several of them that I have met never returned- I met a woman...

I would advise anyone who is really interested, go to the ESMA museum. Its located in the actual military building where literally thousands of people were imprisoned, and it was the departure point for the sedated prisoners to be driven to the airport and dumped in the ocean. The records its...

ESMA alone has records of almost 6000 kidnappings and murders. There were dozens of other torture centers and mass graves are still being dug up. The right wing apologists admit 11000 dead, and thats from the wackiest of the wacky, The 30,000 number is pretty widely accepted, although we will...

Just got back. It was emotional, exciting, political, good things to eat, and the best people watching. Many many families brought their kids, because they thought it was important for them to know. Lots of music, live and recorded, murga style drum groups, rock nacional, folk music. Giant...

alibaba is pretty seamless everywhere else. I know people buying machines and materials from Alibaba recently in the USA, and the foreign companies are shipping with all duties prepaid, so no, proper brokerage services are NOT required, even in the incredibly screwed up tariff confusion of the...

You misread me. My experience importing TO Argentina was december 2025. And, like many small businesses here, I was importing a particular industrial product, not a pair of generic jeans from Amazon. I was importing this machine directly from the factory in New Dehli. I know various...

I have been importing, and occasionally, exporting, small amounts of weird stuff for quite a while, and, no, its not in line with any experiences I have had in other places, particularly in the USA, and sending things to canada or europe. I used to manufacture a small line of housewares- and...

yet another case of who ya gonna believe- the internet, or your own lying eyes? I actually imported a $750 sewing machine last year. It required a customs broker fee of $200, a DHL "handling fee" on a prepaid freight shipment of 300,000 pesos, an IVA of the entire 750, and a 2% tariff. I was...

I have been taking the ebus a lot lately, as its very convenient for me, from retiro to san telmo and back. I like it a lot. Its about the same price as other buses, although you have to use a credit or debit card, it wont take SUBE cards. Its quiet, airconditioned, comfortable, and very...

Globally, there are two general approaches to foreign investment in resource extraction, which seems to be what Milei focuses on. On the one hand we have the "let capitalism do its thing" approach, where foreign companies are given tax cuts, special deals, and exceptions to rules to encourage...

Also, per “ dirty war” let us nt forget US troops in Ecudor, Venezuela, and perhaps soon, Cuba. Plus our new neighbors president whose father was a genuine nazi…

I have not noticed any decline in inflation due to currency stability. So its not helping most argentines I know, who are still paying more in pesos for most things on a regular basis. And if they have dollar savings, those dollar savings, and that currency stability, means that the meal that...

What, exactly has gotten better for you since Milei? In my case, I cant think of anything. But I know some people have seen some postives.

Virtual Paradise? OKAAY. I am not offering advice- I am discussing my reality, and the actual experience of friends of mine. I have repeatedly said- you should not move to Argentina because its cheap. You should move here if you like it here. Which means spending enough time to see the pluses...

I have had several US friends move to portugal in the last few years. Up front costs to get legal residency varies from $10,000 usd plus proof of 11000 euros per year income for a visa, to 500,000 euros for investment residency. Most of my friends sold US homes, and wanted the security of home...

depends on where you are from, what your other options are, how much money you have, and what you want. There are absolutely people still retiring here- and their particular circumstances make the decision. for me, its still much cheaper than the USA, but everybody has different situations.

Six hundred dollars a month? 70% of argentines make $500 a month or less. The people I know who lost apartments when Milei first got in were paying $200 or $300, sometimes split among 2 or 3 roommates. All the homeless people you see are pretty much guaranteed not to have been doctors or...

Not my experience. I live near a very tony strip of Arroyo. Yesterday I saw 2 police bantering jovially with three pretty scruffy guys who were digging thru a dumpster, and they evidently knew each other pretty well. There are beat cops all over my neighborhood, and in the last few years I saw...

Real industrial policy, as practiced by nordic countries, or places like Germany, uses a whole basket of tools to protect high wage export industries. you need targeted tariffs, support for exports and sales, coordination with industry groups to find out what they really need, targeted...