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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...

Today I saw on television that they are bringing in a new law regarding the sharing of mate between people . If this is the case it seems that it will never be reversed and a beautiful part of the Argentinian culture will cease to exist . The same will happen to Milongas and argentinian tango...

This is a topic that I am sure that is affecting many expats in Buenos Aires and with the quarantine it seems that common decency and respect have gone out of the window Some of the stories i have read online and personally have left even me surprised . From foreigners being denied entry into...

https://la100.cienradios.com/cuadras-de-fila-en-cuarentena-por-la-reapertura-de-los-bancos-jubilados-y-pensionados-llegaron-a-la-madrugada/ As we all know there is a quarantine but today they are opening the banks for 5 hours . Turn on the television now and see the apocalytic scenes of 8...

Reading the comments online and the dangers of the Covid19 in Argentina and the rest of the world how do we handle those who break their home quarantines and can potentially spread the disease to many others . In Uruguay in the most exclusive neighborhood of Carrasco there is the case of...

https://www.parati.com.ar/esta-pareja-de-chefs-argentinos-que-iba-a-recorrer-america-quedo-varada-en-peru-nunca-pensamos-en-la-posibilidad-de-un-virus-pandemico Talking to friends in Peru they are not handling the quarantine and nightly curfew well . Even though Peru has not recorded one death...

I have been a expat in Buenos Aires for 16 years and its been a city I have greatly loved until the last few years due to the deteriorating economic climate and now the panic and paranoia for the coronavirus made the last weeks there very difficult . I personally do not believe that this virus...

Alberto Fernandez is looking into locking down Buenos Aires very soon . Australia and the USA will also implement full quarantines of major cities. https://www.iprofesional.com/politica/311130-coronavirus-el-gobierno-analiza-una-cuarentena-obligatoria-general

This topic is of great interest to me and I am having problems in finding out the exact number . I believe that there are close to 7.000 intensive care beds in public hospitals in Buenos Aires of these close to 50 % are occupied at all times . For private hospitals I do not have the number . The...

Reading the thread on the Mexican ambassador on stealing a book from El Atheneo brought me to this topic as Argentinians have the dubious honour of being number one internationally from stealing from hotel rooms as guests. This to me is a very embarrassing statistic and I like to ask the...

Living here for now 18 years I have noticed that the tolerance for corruption and mismanagement of government coiffers is the highest in the western world . Growing up in a stable country Australia if inflatiion hit over 5 percent per year there would be a massive outcry and people would...

https://amp.rfi.fr/en/france/20190626-french-restaurant-run-argentine-chef-crowned-worlds-best A feel good article of the best restaurant of the world headed by an Argentinian chef . This makes me proud !