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  1. John.St

    You Are What You Eat...?

    Many have a romantic vision of how food is produced in Argentina, imagining grass-fed cows roaming the pampas, only to be moved on by mate-sipping gauchos from time to time. Unfortunately, the reality proves to be a stark contrast, with animals shunted into sheds and pumped full of drugs, and...
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    The Pavements In Once Are Once Again Clear (Gdarfc)

    Street vendors removed by City Government in Once raid - around 700 garbage bags full of clothing, trainers, toys and other products were seized today by the Metropolitan Police on the outskirts of Once station. Clean sidewalks, but do the poor d*vils get their property back or will it be...
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    Break Club In Bsas

    The Break Club where you can smash stuff up. It is a group of people - mostly women - who have started getting together to smash up rubbish as a way of venting their aggression, all within a safe and controlled environment. They can throw bottles at the wall, or take all their frustration out...
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    From The Ashes Into The Fire?

    "The son of late Néstor Kirchner and President Cristina Fernández has "common sense, criteria and humility" and is "very smart," Kirchnerite MP Diana Conti assured and went on to say Máximo Kirchner “has always had a say” in government decisions. Conti defended Vice-president Amado Boudou"...
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    What Is The Real Blue Dollar Exchange Rate?

    According to ambito ....... 9.05/9.10 - http://www.ambito.co...info/?ric=ARSB= valordolarblue 9.25/9.30 - http://www.valordolarblue.com.ar/ dolarblue .... 8.90/9.30 - http://dolarblue.net/ which is the actual rate you get in the cuevas in BsAs?
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    Brennt Der Reichstag?

    If la presidenta Cristina's twits are to be trusted, the congress bulding in BsAs is probably about to be burned down by Macri's supporters - most likely an arsonist called Marinus van der Lubbe? "CFK implies Macri connected to attempts to overthrow government"...
  7. John.St

    Have You Been On A "visa Run" Lately?

    Have You Been On A "visa Run" Lately? More specifically since 11 April 2013 - 09:01 PM when this was posted: http://baexpats.org/...za/#entry203447
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    Price Differences In Argentina Late April 2013

    Basket of 32 products which were found in all the 15 towns surveyed. La Plata .... AR$ 344.10 Mar del Plata AR$ 354.73 Corrientes .. AR$ 362.02 Santa Rosa .. AR$ 367.49 Córdoba ..... AR$ 375.- (app. - based on 'slightly less than in BsAs') Mendoza ..... AR$ 375.- (ditto) Buenos Aires AR$...
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    Macri Accused Of Hit-And-Run - A False Accusation?

    According to the state-owned Telam news agency, pro-government TV channel C5N and media outlet Minuto Uno, Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri was denounced yesterday for running over two people and then fleeing after a confrontation in Mundo Villa. Deputy Mayor María Eugenia Vidal calls the...
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    18A Cacerolazo

    I have just seen a poster about the next Cacerolazo, Thursday 18 April @ 20:00 en todo el país. It will be interesting to see how many will show up.
  11. John.St

    Improved Security In Bsas?

    Security Secretary Sergio Berni announced today, that next week 350 new patrol cars will be out in the streets of the City [of BsAs] "not to replace the existing cars but to double the patrol system." http://www.buenosair...security-crisis
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    The new 00 pesos bills

    A new issue of 100 pesos bills are missing the green-blue 1 thus says only 00 :confused: :D :eek: http://en.mercopress.com/2012/07/05/roaring-inflation-argentine-double-zero-peso-bills-are-legal-tender
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    Argentine expats raving and ranting - where?

    Can you guide me to sites where Argentine expats are complaining about conditions in the foreign country they live in? Need some "counterweight" to show Argentinos that expats in Argentina aren't the only ones.
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    2010 census: Foreign nationals in Argentina.

    Of the 40,117,096 people living in Argentina (20,593,330 women and 19,523,766 men), 4.5% are foreign nationals representing 1,805,957 people, according to the 2010 census. A majority of the foreigners are females, mainly from Brazil, Paraguay and Peru, in the case of Paraguay the number of...
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    Need a pet?

    http://www.emailjokes.co.za/images/442921-image001_57137_44292_1.jpg
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    Why do you live in BsAs and not the provinces?

    Presently we have a "How many of you want to leave Bs As?" poll. Let's see why you are here.
  17. John.St

    (Archery-) bow in Argentina

    I would like to bring one of my bows to Argentina. Does any of you know of laws or regulations re. bow and arrow?
  18. John.St

    Red wine on white cotton shirt - please help!

    Two days ago I was standing at the bar at an degustación de vino, glass of red wine in hand, when a lady accidently hit my elbow, spilling wine on the sleeve and front of my white 100 percent cotton shirt :mad: Normally I would use a spotted shirt for cleaning my barbeque or the like, but not...
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    Food prices at record high - to stay high for extended period

    According to Financial Times, quoting the IMF, FAO’s index of global food prices has increased by 40 percent since June 2010 and is now 5 per cent above the previous record prices in June 2008. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4c46da8c-45ca-11e0-acd8-00144feab49a.html#axzz1FgW0qCmg Edit: link works...
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    Maryjane in Argentina

    Possession of Marihuana in small amounts is now legal in Argentina - supreme court ruling. See Argentina: marihuana sin penas. Por decisión de la Corte Suprema, la tenencia de marihuana para consumo personal ya no será penalizada en Argentina...
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