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Hi all - My girlfriend (Clo) and I are big readers of this forum and thought I would share our story of the experience of starting up a business in Argentina and hopefully get some other expats to do the same! Our business, ECEL started over a year ago - with the idea of designing and making...

Hi guys, we have some friends out this week and we wanted to catch the River Game. Is anyone else going? It would be great to tag along with someone who's done it before/knows where to sit and how to buy tickets etc. Otherwise could someone walk me through how I should go about it? Can I just...

hi guys Im looking to send 20-30 packages off in the next month - they weigh between 70grams and 4kg. The majority are going to Australia but theres the odd one off to America/Canada, Europe, Asia. I don't want to use Correo Argentina. The prices are super high (even without tracking) and...

Hi there, I am looking to take some maths classes in English for an accounting degree I am currently doing. The units covered are attached and I would be looking to meet once or twice a week around the Barrio Norte area. Thanks in advance - Alex

I was wondering if anyone on this forum could point me in the direction of where I could get my hand on some horse trading statistics. I am looking for the details of the equine vet society of argentina (I know it exists but I don't know its name) and I was wondering if there were available on...

A quick search on Wikipedia suggests the first empanada was baked in Catalan in the year 1520. Although there have been some notable innovations in that last 500 odd years we feel the empanada standards (carne, pollo, verdura, jamon y queso, cebolla y queso and finally, queso) have reined...

does anyone know a chandlery or marine supplies store near Barrio Norte? I am looking for rope and the ferretería's I have been to either don't have the right size or are too nylony and synthetic. thanks in advance~

Just read these two articles and was wondering whether others thought the fact the new Evita Perron mural was inspired by pictures of Che Guevara - an anti-peronist was ironic? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/19/che-guevara-obituary-guardian-archive involved in anti-Peron conspiracies...

So taking my cue from PhillipDT - my girlfriend, Chloe and I are putting our hands up to host the next Expat Wine night. We're quite new in town so are looking forward to meeting some people and getting to know a little more about Argentinian wines. The details are the same as the last events...

Hi Guys, So being an uber long Argentinian weekend - I can't confirm this info with the consulate and was hoping someone who has applied for a visa from within Argentina could just sign off that the plan I have put together reading other posts is right: Australian Federal Police Report: 1) I...

Hi guys, I want to mail a package as a gift for someone in Australia - a new leather horse bridal weighing about 1-2kg My question essentially is: - Are there export duties to pay on something like this/are there any forms I'll need to fill out? - What do you think the cheapest way to send it...

Hi Guys, I have just moved to BA and am finding your site so helpful in getting my bearings! I am posting because I am involved with a small fashion company specialising in leather goods. Although my main drivers are cost and quality (surprise, surprise)I really love the idea of working with...