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    First timer, thinking about buying a house

    I'm considering buying a weekend/summer house near the ocean. The realtor quoted a price in $usd. She said she will facilitate my paying $usd into an account in the US and whenever I sell she can facilitate my receiving payment in the US. She also said that the final price for houses in that...
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    Getting refugees admitted

    We have family in Croatia, we've always enjoyed visiting them because it's a prosperous, tranquil, beautiful country. Now Serbia and Bosnia, their neighbors and former bitter enemies, are sending troops to support the Russians invading Ukraine and that's stoking old hostilities in the region...
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    Permission to take a child out of Argentina

    My wife and her family are Americans. Her son works in the US. He has a 6 year old boy with an Argentine lady that refuses permission for the chld to leave Argentina. They have several elderly relatives in America that we'd like to child to get to know. Also his father would dearly like to...
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    Strategies for US inflation

    Is there any way that it makes sense to bring liquid assets from the US to Arg to acquire hard assets here until US inflation is resolved?
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    Understanding Argentine Thinking

    Twice I've seen 40ish women having loud fits because they got up and left (once a ferry seat, once a gym mat) unattended and when they returned someone else was using it. Despite many mats and seats being available nearby they got very upset and made a scene, demanding their exact seat/mat be...
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    Escape Strategy

    We just came back from a trip to the US where we took 7 flights without any problems. If I book a trip to Europe for Sept/Oct can I expect the same reliability from the airlines there? One cancellation could strand us somewhere and wreck our itinerary.
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    Bringing Cash into Arg

    Whats the best way to bring USD into Arg? Will Cuevas accept travelers checks? Whats the max amount of cash that a US bank will give me?
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    Squatters

    Anybody esle worried about leaving their homes empty? (either in Arg or abroad) https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/squatters-take-over-multimillion-dollar-sammamish-home-police-say-hands-are-tied/XGXDEN6BTRAJFBKMPFGUBGXCXU/
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    Travel to Europe?

    We're wrapping up a trip to the U.S. to get vaccinated, see family, etc. We've decided not to return to Argentina until Sept. so now we're trying to decide whether to spend a quiet few months with family in the midwest or to travel, maybe to Portugal. Suggestions?
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    Problem Travellers Going to Europe With Sputnik Vaccination

    Has anyone else heard the rumor that Europe my not admit travellers who were vaccinated using the Russian Sputnik vaccine?
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    Trying to contol crypto

    https://decrypt.co/71007/argentina-orders-crypto-exchanges-give-monthly-reports-users
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    Which State?

    I'm getting conflicting legal advice about which state to have my will rewritten in. Currently I have no residence in the U.S. Some attorneys are saying that I should have it done in Florida which was where I lived last. Others are telling me that it needs to be done in Chicago because...
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    Any Graphologists?

    My wife is due for her second vaccination but hasn't received any notifications so she went online to check her status and found that the Numero del Ciudadano that she was given is illegible. Any suggestions?
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    Vaccination Tourism Has Started

    Clain has an article about Argentinians travelling to Miami to get vaccinated. They just need an appointment and to be over 65. 21 days later get the final shot. That's wonderful and long awaited news...
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    Aerlolinas Credit Expiring. They aren't answering their phones.

    In Jan. 2019 I booked a flight for two people to go from EZE to MIA in August. I used Expedia to reserve the seats on Aerolinas. Expedia notified me that that the flight was cancelled and I had 12 months from the date of my original booking to make another reservation. Today Expedia told me...
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    Eductational website for kids of all ages

    For those of you with children who are bored and not in school check out the Khan Academy. Its got a free library of hundreds of entertaining courses ranging from kindergarten art and numbers to high school physics. Its amazingly well done. https://www.khanacademy.org/
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    Venezuelans Expats in the Time of Covid-19

    This 9 minute podcast is about our sister kleptocracy up north as we follow behind them down the same dysfunctional-socialist path. It's worth listening to as a window into one possible future of Argentina. And the plight of the Venezuelan expats among us. Coronavirus Comes To Venezuela...
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    The pandemic: The view after 5 months

    Today the Guardian took a look at where we are with the pandemic and what the future looks like. The authors are an infectious diseases professor and a writer/documentary film maker. Their assessment of the pandemic to date has (IMHO) the ring of truth so I've quoted it below. However their...
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    Flights Out

    Spain, Portugal and other European countries are opening up and yesterday I was contacted to see if I want to rebook a cancelled condo reservation in Portugal. Of course I'd love to rebook it again but, despite the travel industry being hungry for business, its not clear yet which countries...
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    Antibody test?

    Has anyone heard anything about when we might be able to get tested for antibodies? Some percentage of us are probably immune but won't know until we can get tested for antibodies.
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