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An element of the PC/Mac equation particular to expats in South America, especially Argentina: PCs cost less, and create less of a risk of theft. Macs look like money to thieves, but they also have an astoundingly high resale value. Also, I love the expose/spaces feature in Snow Leopard. It...

Here's the classic quote, from a historian that wasn't a "conspiracy theorist", but who was allowed to research a network of power rooted in the world of international finance: The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the...

OP, if you even read this, here's what you should do. Get work experience and save money in the US, then come to Argentina for three months and live here off your savings. You will probably have to live meagerly. When you're here, don't run around with students or tourists, try to talk to...

Thanks Everyone. @Sergio: I spent a lot of time in France, like years and years as a legal resident, and I always wanted to go see the DOM-TOM. Though you're right, everyone should see France if they can. I didn't know about Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, learn something new every day. Looks cold...

Does anyone have any experience visiting French-speaking places in the Americas? I mean principally besides Quebec. In South American and the Carribean. My spoken French is getting buried under my Spanish, and I worked so damn hard for that French. I can go chat with French people that are...

Hi Marc, I'm an American, a bit of a Francophile, whose not in BA at the moment. Here's some advice for a French guy: -There's a bar called Merval on Viamonte in the Microcentro. It's a lot like the bar Footsie (or FTSE?) that was on Rue de l'Opera in Paris, in that there is kind of stock...

One thing I noticed when it was still T-shirt weather: The Confederate Flag. Has anyone seen this? I saw it everyday for awhile. Some girl with a Confederate flag on her shirt. Note, I looked carefully, and it wasn't a Union Jack to show support for the Sex Pistols or Manny United or something...

Medellin I've done the text searches and even started some of the Medellin, Colombia threads looking for information. Thought I'd ask some specific questions one more time, in the spirit of reality often being a lot different than Google results, as we often share with people on this forum...

@iamsillywarm: I echo the Davidglen77's warning. You might want to take precautions. For example, if you're picking it up at Best Buy, there's much less risk than say, picking it up from the corner computer shop that just happens to be owned by people from...Argentina. Slim chance that drugs...

YanquiGallego, very sorry this happened to you. It burns to have all your expensive belongings and data stolen. I echo the sentiment that the landlady/security guy sound fishy. I think you should inform the police of the incident.

@MemoryAtlas Here's some basic Buenos Aires stuff that you may or may not know: Spanish: The spanish here is quite unique. First there is the accent. The say double L or y sounds with an "sh" sound. So Cinco de Mayo is said Cinco de Maisho. The slang and many everyday words are different, and...

Hi Matt, Most people have been here for a few years as a working adult before they go for the DNI without an employer. Probably smart to do the tourist visa thing for awhile and get the lay of the land while your here. Search this site for DNI for some threads on the matter. Regarding bringing...

Not sure if this is feasible, but I'd get qualifications in economics and IT, then you can couple those fields, or have both to choose from. This is from the perspective that pretty much anyone could benefit from a STEM degree.

Super, super wonderFful HAPPY that FRACTIONAL RESERVE BANKING was born out of commodity backed money.

Glad we have those private banks creating new money every time you need anything!

Glad we have those banks!

There's a book called The Lost Science of Money, written by Stephen Zarlenga. Anyone read that thing? Is anyone hear a progressive/liberal/on the left? At all? Does anyone pretend to be well read about the monetary history of the world, at all? He's right in line with Bill Still who made the...

Stephen Zarlenga presents a progressive version of monetary reform that is not return to the gold standard, rather the giving the govt the ability to issue debt free money rather than borrowing it.

I thought there was a rule about flying with liquids now. Everything has two be in containers under three ounces, in a ziplock bag? The last flight I took out of EZE, I had put some vitamins, all different shapes and colors, in one ziplock bag. Apparently the rule for checked luggage is that...

Come on, put it up, I will explain myself. Or maybe you're doing me a favor? Feel free to PM. You know everyone wanted to say it.