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    DNI - which country for background check?

    Other than the millions of illegal aliens walking across the US southern border, everyone entering and leaving the USA is accounted for by USCBP. Your being there, stamp or no stamp, is simply quantified as the difference between your date of entry and your date of your departure. Countries...
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    IMF Pulls Official Off Argentina Talks Amid Feud With Milei

    The IMF is wise to do this. Friction during high level negotiations concerning money occurs frequently. The experts here in international contract negotiations might recall that Paul Singer of Elliot Management was taking former Argentina Minister of the Economy, Axel Kicilloff, to the cleaners...
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    In defense of Milei

    Uh, well, I was actually quoting from a book. Written by someone else. Perónism, Kirchnerism..... pick your flavor of socialism. If it walks like a duck, looks like a duck and quacks like a duck.... it's not that difficult of a concept. As anyone who voted for Milei will likely explain. Or, on a...
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    In defense of Milei

    If you can afford to do so, why don't you buy the book and find out? You and 'redlobster' can read it together. And then if you're still confused, go down to the Casa Rosada and talk to anyone who voted for Milei. It's always amusing how gringos go to another country and think that they know...
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    In defense of Milei

    Argue the point with Perón; not me. He specifically used the words "Marxist philosophy"; not me. Why you are conflating Norway; which is part of Europe, with the subject of this thread, Argentina; which is in South America, is beyond me. Post hoc ergo propter hoc. Why reading comprehension is so...
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    In defense of Milei

    Red, I am afraid that Juan Perón himself argued otherwise; "Perón consistently emphasized that the roots of his ideology are based on Catholic doctrine as well as socialism; around the end of his second term, Perón argued: 'We believe that there are only two philosophies in the world that can...
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    In defense of Milei

    Precisely. While it's easy to sit back, whine and criticize, it's significantly harder to be faced with making unpleasant decisions, to lead. In a financial and economic sense, Milei now emulates Hercules' fifth labor of cleaning out the Augean stables. And I wish him well, because the cancer...
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    Deteriorating passenger trains

    No, I don't compare Argentina to Bangladesh. Because Bangladesh only has an annual rate of inflation somewhere around 12%. Not sorry if the truth hurts. Elections have consequences.
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    Deteriorating passenger trains

    Imagine that, living in a third world country and the trains are decrepit? Socialism dies hard. At least here people aren't being pushed from the platforms into oncoming trains by NYC psychopaths. As my Argie friends always say about disgruntled gringos..... there are multiple flights every...
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    Building vs buying (and the great hunt for the brecha cambiaria)

    "My point is, unless you are involved in things like import-export, the gap is relatively unimportant." That is nonsense. A local builder buys the materials and labor in pesos; not dollars and then integrates those peso costs into the (likely) dollar denominated total cost.
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    The US and health: how does Argentina compare for healthy food?

    The Yale School of Medicine disagrees with you and cites a study by the American Cancer Society. What to Know About Rising Rates of 'Early-Onset' Cancer Cancer diagnoses in people younger than 50 are on the rise. Yale experts are recognizing a need for more research and personalized care...
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    The dreaded 90 day closure letter

    The reason why is explained here: https://www.americansabroad.org/mutual_fund_restrictions#:~:text=Because%20foreign%20jurisdictions%20are%20unable,back%20in%20the%20United%20States
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    The dreaded 90 day closure letter

    "They can still see that you're coming from a VPN provider, even if your IP address resolves to the US." Not if the VPN is routed through a proxy i.e. Shadowsocks or a SOCKS5 proxy.
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    The dreaded 90 day closure letter

    I use Fidelity Investments, which I have used for many years before expatriating. My restrictions are limited to (a.) not being able to invest in mutual funds and (b.) not receiving advice from Fidelity staff. Neither of which I care about. I call them only for administrative account issues. If...
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    Former president Alberto Fernandez accused of domestic violence... and corruption

    Maybe you would be happier in another country.
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    Update "Lo de Jesús" Parrilla (Palermo)

    Foreign tourists, like ants following each other's chemical trails, follow each other's restaurant recommendations on Tripadvisor. As do expats following the often comical reviews from International Living's, 'best places to live abroad' recommendations, which has ruined many nice places like...
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    Argentina must repudiate its debt

    A simple concept called operating expenses. Print or borrow, what would you do to fight inflation?
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    Are rents about to skyrocket?

    People who cannot afford to live in Argentina shouldn't. Why go through the financial stress and anxiety when there are so many other pleasant and affordable places to live? I often see Americans here whining about costs, whining about having to pay for the table bread, complaining about tips...
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    Argentina small and medium size businesses face total destruction

    Yes, Nestor Kirchner paid the IMF. Why? Because he had no choice. Neither did Mr. Tough Guy, Axel Kicilloff, until court after court slapped him down and the penalties and interest increased. That was funny. Paul Singer played Kicilloff as the fool he is.
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