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Lol. This is completely wrong. Selina was an international company that went bankrupt because it because it grew too fast and acquired massive debts that it couldn’t pay. At one point it had a 1.2 Billion dollar valuation on the NASDAQ. If anything, its failure is a result of low interest...

Found some backstory. It looks like the Selina group took on huge debts and ended up insolvent. Last year it was bought by a Hospitality group in Singapore and rebranded. https://skift.com/2024/08/27/selina-sold-out-of-insolvency-5-weeks-after-collapse-exclusive/ Another casualty is a little...

While I don't see the harm in leaving on one passport and entering on another, trying to game the system is a bad idea. If it ever came out that you took advantage of your dual citizenship to overstay across two passports, you could have problems reentering or applying for permanent residence. I...

It sounds like we agree: precision in language is important. So I’ll reiterate that your post distorts events in a way that excuses extrajudicial acts of state power.

You do know that that image was staged to distort the real situation for mass media, and that, by making these snide comments, you have become the dim-witted mouthpiece for statist authoritarianism, right? If “disappeared” is too strong a word, neither side disputes that people who were in...

As I understand, they will use the FMI money to sell dollars for pesos to "defend" the 1400 rate. I'm still hedging to see if they actually let it float, but if they do it could be a good longterm step towards removing the distortions in the economy. The cynic in me doubts it'll happen before...

I sense a contradiction!

I actually agree with Milei. Leave the kelpers be.The entire issue is now just a way to stoke nationalist fervor and distract from more pressing issues

This inflammatory style of argument exhibits the same black-and-white thinking that it complains of. It is possible to simultaneously hold opinions that 30k is overstated and overly politicized, that Montoneros killed innocent people and their victims have been historically ignored, that...

Anyone who wants to live in an intellectually free society should support the ability to question narratives, present alternative evidence, and freely express their personal experiences and opinions. In this case, obviously I mean efforts to get an honest account of the dirty war and express...

You might get more precise recommendations if you talk about what kind of lifestyle you do and activities you have. All major cities will have good nightlife and culture, but different kinds of culture and offerings. If want to go camping every weekend, you have lots of options all up the andes...

I'm happy for competition, but I'm surprised to find that people actually like Decathlon. The quality of the goods is very poor. Maybe the shoes work for a Sunday stroll, but they'll wear out after a month of exercise. You'll find used Quechua stuff in good condition, but that's because its...

Here's the post/thread from a few months ago. The OP ended up buying a laptop in Montevideo and seemed to be happy with the price, specs, and service. https://baexpats.org/threads/urgently-need-my-laptop.47894/post-454847

Thanks, that's a good point. I didn't dig into the actual census data to see how they arrive at this number. I'm guessing there even are some ways to create proxy statistics to estimate illegal cash payments, but I'm sure we agree that some amount of cash flow is missing from the official...

Can you explain this post in the context of the thread? The article claims that 70% of workers make less than 550k and 70% of households earn less than 950k. The World Bank claims the total labor force of Argentina is ~21 million. From looking online, I see estimates of total number of...

Was that per month? The price may have included things like an in-house Apta Fisica and a membership fee (usually a one-time payment). Megatlon is a big chain. Getting overcharged there would be like getting overcharged at McDonald's. That said 130k is too much for a monthly fee, of course.

Oh, excuse me. I interpreted your OP to mean that you were asking about people who had succeeded because you had not and were wondering what they did. In this case, ignore my post, which was about the experience I had when this visa was first announced.

I briefly tried to get this. At some I remember the electronic process to apply required some impossible step, maybe the same one you're mentioning. Then I asked in the Ezeiza customs whether the agent knew anything about the digital nomad visa, and he said he'd heard about it, but never seen...

I'm enjoying these writeups. How do you find these gigs?

Hello everyone. I've been in Argentina for about a year, on four rounds of tourist visas. Right before everything kicked off, I had decided that I would try to a visa that would let me stay for an extended time and on less shaky ground. Then the borders closed and there was nothing to do...