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So I know this may seem weird, but has any money actually moved anywhere? Papers signed, deposit slips filled out, whatnot whatnot, actual concrete things? Or is this still a 'concept of a plan', contingent on what happens in two weeks? (The famous two week time frame) Before anyone says it's...

Bessent's answer made it sound like they want the next Congress passing reformative 'non peronist' legislation. Or the funds drive up. It's an interesting play; Argentine Congress passes something they don't like, the USA yoinks the money deal, people blame the 'communists' and LLA gains in...

"Ironically, Juan Bautista Parrilla Gaucha had billed the vegetarian couple for all the meat delivered to the restaurant that week. A Chase representative told Terry that the notation on the transaction showed it was for "freezer and locker meat provisions." Ah, I see, missed that the first time...

I mean, it seems more likely the waiter entered 30000 (pesos) and somehow the credit card company didn't do the conversion? Is the CC company looking for that "." Argentines often put instead of a comma? If anything, I suspect the CC company (and the lawyer) are the actual 'scammers', not the...

Haha I should have said 22:30 for clarity.

I actually saw a 'phone snatching' on the corner last night in Caballito! I hardly ever see them, so I thought I'd mention it. It was around 10:30, the woman (and the crowd) gave chase, but I don't think they caught him. I had gone to Flores with some of my well-read gal pals to a weird event...

Sounds like things were about to crash, I wish I could link to the Bloomberg article but it's behind a paywall now. It had a nice graph of how the dollars in the Argentine treasury were just flying out... This will have to do. The deal came in a nick of time: "According to a report from...

I will try to come, depends on when my lawyer might want to meet.

Very mysterious; has she never mentioned anything in the course of these talks you have? My mother has a bit of dementia and sometimes sideways questions elicit more information, like "where did you eat breakfast", vs. "what did you have for breakfast" (which my mother would never remember)...

Ah! You are correct! My point still stands but barely. Now I'm more worried about the us government getting things done.no more math when I'm about to leave the house 😄

In my opinion the "nutcase" aspect is even more important here than in the USA. People seem to have no confidence in the government (well, they're confident the government is a bunch of thieves), so they may keep the money abroad or in the mattress. Even some of my vaguely pro-Milei friends...

I spend too much time looking at Reddit, and I've seen the same thing. I wasn't too surprised when Milei won, though I thought there was a slight edge for Massa. Among my IRL Argie acquaintances, there was a mix, but tending anti-Milei. I meet a lot of musicians (anti-Milei) and people who...

I will be there

I'm curious about these walking groups too! What is IM in this context: "Look for walking and running groups on IM"?

Which is weird; people asking me for money in Villa Crespo are getting more and more insistent lately. I think I need to start keeping cash at the ready; my Argentine friends often give them a little something, but I don't like to get my wallet out of my bag in this situation. How much do you...

Thanks for the clarification of your source. These days whenever something is well-formatted, with bullet points, it raises alarms for me because (as in Steve's case) words and phrases that co-occur in close textual space can morph into 'facts' and cause LLMs to 'hallucinate'. I'm not a computer...

Just curious, did you get this from AI or another source? I've found it hard to find a definitive, up to date source on whether it's 6 months or 9 months (though I've heard the latter from an immigration attorney). Send a link! I'm less trusting of AI generated answers than a lot of people; for...

Sounds like Bessent is 'The Decider' today? "Congress allows the Treasury secretary to have full control over the use of the exchange stabilization’s funds." Or does the Fed Reserve have a say in it? "Although Bessent said that a central bank swap line is among tools that could be deployed...

This sort of went under the radar, when the Argentine delegation recently got all the way to the USA before they were told the visa-ending ceremony was cancelled. Trump is like Lucy and her football at times; I'll believe it when the money actually changes hands...

Just wanted to mention, came into the country a few days ago and showed the immigration dude my precaria. He didn't ask for proof of insurance or anything like that; curious if tourists are being asked?