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For me as a expat living in Buenos Aires since 2002 prices in us dollars in many cases are now 10 times more in us dollars than at that period . People will critizise the Kirchners but the reality for most argentinians was very positive especially in the first presidency of Nestor Kirchner...

This is a topic that is affecting many people in Buenos Aires and with expensas being outrageously high close to 40 percent are behind in payments . In 2003 to maintain a middle class 2 bedroom apartment in a good neighbourhood was US$ 50 a month . Now its close to US$ 350 a month including abl...

I have a great two bedroom apartment in the heart of Palermo Soho for US$ 595 per month including internet and expenses. All the renter has to pay for is gas and electricty . This large two bedroom apartment has 70 covered meters and is very sunny with great views . Its available ffrom the...

We had Fatima Flores then Yuyito now we have the prime minister of Italy Meloni. What do you guys think he is genuinely in love with these woman?

https://www.lt10.com.ar/noticia/439874--propina-obligatoria-el-nuevo-proyecto-del-gobierno-de-milei This sounds like a socialist idea to implement by force that the client pays the wages of restaurant and bar workers . This will be the final nail in the coffin for this industry already...

https://buenosairesherald.com/economics/argentinas-small-and-medium-sized-businesses-brace-for-total-devastation

For those who are applauding these savage cuts on the argentinian populace their effects are brutal and will not be reversed under this current government . What benefit is to our society some foreign trade to billionaires when close to 60 % are in poverty . The most sad statistic is diré...

https://www.pagina12.com.ar/740891-sin-cartas-en-gualjaina-echaron-al-ultimo-empleado-de-correo As this current governments continúes with its plan to privatise everything standing 1000s of these workers are losing their jobs weekly . This humble employee of a small post office in a one horse...

I am posting this thread for Antipodean so he can present his facts that tourism is currently growing in Argentina . In Bariloche a city I lived in for three years its having its worse crisis since the 1990s currently as tourism is way down . This article below states the facts on the ground...

This property owned by the Forbat family is now for sale at a whopping 12 million dollars . When I looked at the fotos and especially the terraza and pool it looked dated and certainly did not have the wow factor . The views were nice but to pay over 12000 us a metre seemed extraordinary...

I have been here since 2002 and what is affecting most people is the lack of quality food items for a reasonable price . This efffects the middle classes the most as prices for the most basic items like rice milk and flour products are dearer than Europe and quality is much less . For example...

I cringed in embarassement when I saw this meeting of Milei with Elon Musk . He looked like a schoolboy meeting his superheroe for the first time . His english is also extremely rudimentary and his mannerisms with those weird expresiones and thumbs up make argentinian people seem childish and...

Restaurants in Palermo once were very reasonable value and for 10 us dollars yiou could eat well . Now the average is 25 dollars and there are some places like el preferido de palermo that has more than doubled its price in a few months . Last night I went past there and was flabergasted by its...

This year there has never been such a mosquito invasion and with it terrible risks of demgue and discomfort. I myself have been eaten alive it seems by these creatures . The reasons many say it that the government its its mad zeal to not spend money has not sprayed the city and parks as...

Meat will be a luxury item for all very soon and those parillas in Palermo will be Us 100 per head in La Cabrera and others . This new government is causing a lot of grief for the populace...

Very Interesting Video on Argentinas African history . At one time the population of Buenos Aires was 35% African descent. Today in 2022 we see very little feel of this community and its history here . What do the members think ?

https://www.diariodecuyo.com.ar/argentina/Don-Julio-una-de-las-mejores-parrilladas-del-mundo-convertido-en-carniceria-20200427-0017.html The most famous restaurant in Argentina Don Julio has now become a butcher with delivery options . This has been one of my favourite restaruants in the world...

This is a great selection of clips from 1954 of Argentina . This was really a beautiful time in our history . It will put a smile on your face for those who are suffering from the quarantine

https://www.infobae.com/economia/2020/04/16/dolar-hoy-el-contado-con-liquidacion-y-el-oficial-se-negocian-estables/ The blue rate has now hit 100 per dollar and this is without any banks or cuevas dealing with dollars . It will be bedlam within the money markets once economies open up again .

Please look at this video of this citizen in Bahia Blanca who was brutally beaten by the police in his daily walk of his dog . He also had papers for liberal movement in his car which the police refused to accompany him even though it was just one block away Instead he was brutally beaten by...