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haha ye I always take it easy! and I realize that to say I was "offended" was a little bit too childish of me, I probably took it too literally and at a bad moment. As I stated before, I love to share opinions from different points of view, thats why I decided to move to different places and...

Volunteering is not forbidden if you are willing to work for an NPO or in special situations such as doing a favor to a relative, friend, etc for a short term period. Theres a law: Ley 25.855 that sort of regulates volunteering, however in my opinion, it has some flaws...

John and Mendozanow, I think I expressed myself clearly enough, but I can't be 100% sure. The fact is: You totally got me wrong. What I found offensive, and will ALWAYS find offensive, is Generalization. Of course there's a lot of corruption here! a LOT! Politicians, police officers, public...

Just to clarify my point, cos It might have sounded a little bit ambiguous: I said that it was not true that in Argentina employees don't sign contracts, because I was an employee and I signed a contract, and so did most of the people I know that worked at major companies. The main purpose of...

As an Argentine I find your comment extremely insulting, you just cannot generalize in such a way, showing lack of respect to most of the argentines that opened their heart to you in their own country. I have never ever bribed anyone in my life and not even been asked for a bribe either. There...

First of all I want to tell you that I am Argentine, so what I am going to say does not have anything to do with nationality but with the education I received from my parents, friends and people I consider role models. 1) In Argentina, employees DO HAVE CONTRACTS, at any decent company you are...

Totally agree with Igor. In my previous post I was mainly comparing UBA with medium ranked schools in US. It is also true that you will have less competition when looking for a position at a research institution in argentina, such as CONICET or Instituto Balseiro, since there are only a few...

Francal, I'm gonna tell you my experience at UBA. I've been an Industrial Engineering student for the last 6 years (hopefully I will graduate next semester!) I had the same ideas as you right now back when I was in high school, I graduated from high school in the States, had really good...

more Argentine mysteries... 1) When Starbucks opened its first store in BA 3 years ago, there was a constant line ranging from 40 to 60 ft long OUTSIDE the place (yeah, in the street), waiting to get their starbucks coffee. Since I used to live 1 block from there, I saw the most insane...

haha you know, I think it is also a cultural thing as well... I have never ever seen a 1kg pack of butter inside any argentine-owned refrigerator! I was thinking about the expiration date.. cos 1 kg of butter is a hecka lot of butter even to consume in 2 months! A couple of years ago a milk...

I just hope you don't think all of us argentines agree with Brigadier's statements. However he somehow reflects one of the main reasons why Argentina, even though it has lots of resources available, still remains a 3rd world country. It seems to be a cultural issue around here to blame...

It makes sense when you start thinking about all the efforts the gov't is making nowadays in order to hide the real inflation numbers. The government selects a group of goods usually bought by the people with an "average" income (generally low), and uses subsidies to counteract the rise in the...

Hi Solution! First of all, when choosing a neighborhood in BA you should take several aspects into consideration. One of them is transportation, the city is huge, but the somehow called "hotspots" are located in a pretty narrow range, so it is better to make sure you are not that far away from...

Hey BAexpats! I just happened to run into this forum while I was searching for opinions from non-argentinos regarding my university (I'm in the last year of Industrial Engineering at UBA) and became impressed at the number of expats living in Buenos Aires! Even though I am a native argentine, I...