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    Can Milei evolve from disruptor to political leader?

    The dynamic duo, working in tandem again, this time to wish numbers down rather than up.
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    Rental Home Insurance

    I'm looking around at my belongings now and doing the math. 43,000 pesos per month forever doesn't add up. Nor then does spending 43,000 to save 10,000. Very helpful discussion.
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    Rental Home Insurance

    It's a good reminder. I bought the Santander policy as I needed something to stop them charging me the account keeping fee. The building administrator says a policy additional to the consorcio policy never goes astray. But, now your post makes me wonder if the cost of it really adds up.
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    Has Argentina Become Worse Or Better for Foreign Retirees recently?

    No, a DNI is NOT issued with a precaria. A precaria is a precaria. A DNI is a card and number you receive if your precaria becomes a temporary residency. That said, try Medicus. In 2020, they gave me a policy when I was only holding a precaria. I had to sign a form agreeing to tell them when I...
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    The myth of white Argentina still shapes the nation

    We think we value diversity and seemingly consider Argentina would benefit from more of it. Yet how many of us REALLY engage with the diversity that exists even in our home countries? If we were to ask ourselves to name top 50 lists, let's say of cultural figures (e.g., writers, journalists or...
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    Impuestos de bienes personales

    When you talk to the accountant, expect the answer to go something like this: As you know, as a non-tax resident, you will have to pay tax on the value on December 31 of each year of your in-Argentina assets (i.e., your apartment). If you bought the property during the month of December 2024...
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    Family, inspiration and intimacy: Borges’ love for English

    I don't know if anyone on this board is Anglo-Argentine. I was hosted at an Airbnb 10 years ago by one. We spoke in Spanish. But one day, her mother (well into her 80s) called by, and I overheard them conversing in English. And I felt as if I were overhearing a conversation written by Oscar...
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    Empty shopfronts on rise in BA as retail crisis deepens

    My point was quite different. I was trying to say that YouTube videos are too generic for many specific problems, whereas filming your unique problem and loading it to AI can lead to spectacular results. I was never able to fix or service anything with a Youtube video (am not particilarly handy...
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    Public transportation in the works

    Here's a question for anyone who might know about urban roads: Has anyone noticed the exposed tram tracks that still run along parts of Las Heras in Recoleta and Parlermo? Does that mean this road has not been resealed in those parts since before 1961, the year the trams disappeared in Buenos...
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    Empty shopfronts on rise in BA as retail crisis deepens

    Wait til they wake up to the fact that by photographing/filming your precise problem and loading the images to AI, you can step through a tailored solution, as if the guy from the ferret shop had come home with you, without having to infer from generic videos. The same goes for car repairs and...
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    Public transportation in the works

    In Valparaíso. (Or Montevideo before 1992).
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    Disappointed with Food in Argentina

    The guy from the first place seems almost bemused that she is interviewing him and tracing the origen of this fascinating and unique product. His biggest seller? Why the ham and cheese, of course. (I remember in the late 80s seeing the ham and cheese version called the "Carlitos". I've not come...
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    Disappointed with Food in Argentina

    Instalment 3 of an occasional series:
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    Cash/effectivo, credit card, mercado pago 2026

    That will depend on your particular tax status in Argentina, and whether, if you are a tax resident, you do or do not want ACRA to know what money you are moving around. (If you haven't moved here yet, you probably aren't yet a tax resident, so there is probably little to worry about, for now.)
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    Precaria Renewal Question

    Do not leave the country without it renewed. They will cancel it if the system shows you out of the country at the time they process the renewal.
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    Banned from entry for 8 years

    https://www.cronista.com/informacion-gral/oficial-argentina-prohibira-el-ingreso-y-la-salida-del-pais-a-ciudadanos-y-extranjeros-que-hayan-postergado-este-tramite-con-su-pasaporte/
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    A bit lost: Applying for a Family reunification visa, Radex application next?

    Good. That is the main point. The two sides of politics alternate in power and do vastly different things on exchange rates and on wealth tax thresholds and marginal rates. Their wild swings can favor you on one tax and harm you greatly on the other. This aint Holanda. And once you are in the...
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    A bit lost: Applying for a Family reunification visa, Radex application next?

    Again, be very careful. The bienes bienes personales tax was huge (and the thresholds low) under Alberto/Cristina/Massa/Axel, but is currently reducing quite a lot, which is fine while the current government remains in power. By the same token, the Peronist's controlled exchange rate (when they...
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    A bit lost: Applying for a Family reunification visa, Radex application next?

    Just don't forget, once you've signed up with ACRA to pay ganancias, you're also on the hook for the wealth tax (bienes personales) on any worldwide assets (but off the hook for any Argentine assets below a now quite generous threshold). It's commendable of you to want to fully comply, but be...
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    A bit lost: Applying for a Family reunification visa, Radex application next?

    The ganancias tax law is quite clear: tax residency begins after 12 months of being in the country under the temporary residency categories issued by Migraciones (unless you spend 90 days outside the country during the 12 months). So, if you want to do it by the book, that is when you would...
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