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I'm certainly down to meet up. I'm a freelance writer/history student and I've been here for two years, with plans to hang around a while longer. Drinks sound like fun. -Paul

My last thought for a while: Word on the street is that the government is about to renegotiate its remaining debt with the Paris Club, so it'll likely have access to credit markets soon enough, albeit at very high interest rates. When Kirchner assumed office, Argentina had already defaulted; he...

Conventional wisdom has held, from the very beginning, that Argentina (or any country) can't really grow without prioritizing austerity and debt repayment. The last decade would seem to counter this narrative, but instead of even acknowledging the possibility that refusing to pay back debts...

I have no intention of defending everything the government does--in fact, I wouldn't even characterize myself as pro-government. What I do maintain is that Argentina has achieved remarkable successes in the past 8 years, and the refusal of much of the "serious" Western media to acknowledge as...

Hey all, It's great to see that my Salon article made its way into this conversation, and I have to say, I'm impressed--given the tone of so many of the discussions on this forum, I was expecting a much more virulently negative response. I know the article is hardly the central topic of this...

Hi all, I apologize if my question seems redundant, but I've read carefully through the relevant forums and I'm still not entirely clear on one point: Beginning January 2010, the FBI "will authenticate fingerprint search results for international requests by placing the FBI seal and the...

What's the typical age range--do 20-somethings usually come? (Not that I can't relate to people older than me or anything, just curious...) Thanks!

You may want to at least look into the possibility of finding a teaching job without certification. I can personally attest to the fact that it's possible. I have neither a certificate nor any EFL teaching experience and was able to find a fantastic job with a small but wonderful institute. My...

Hello BA Expats, Starting this September, I'm hoping to spend approximately 11 months in Buenos Aires in order to write (and enjoy the city). I'm in my mid-20s and have managed to save up enough money in the past few years to support myself and to do some traveling over the period, though not...