After Argentina: South America Options for Naturalized Argentine Citizens

[Quilombo]

Hi All,

While I recently signed a 3 year lease, I'm increasingly looking at a future post Argentina as an Argentine citizen. Simply put, EVERYTHING is so expensive following the Mileiazo, and while I like Argentina (so much that I naturalized) I simply can't see a future here given how unstable and distorted the economy is, and my husband's new found willingness to move abroad.

I'm personally inclined towards Brazil, which, from what I can tell, doesn't differentiate between naturalized vs natural born Argentine citizens for the pre-Mercosur friendship treaty, plus the fact that I like Brazil makes it a compelling destination.

Maybe the wrong place to ask, but has anyone after naturalizing looked at or left Argentina for elsewhere in South America? Is anyone else considering it? I earn much less than my US peers, and pay more than them for everything from groceries to electronics, and so I need to look at some other options should things not improve.

 

[Caribbean Cool]

Peru...period

 

[Jimbob]

Peru...period

My girlfriend lived in Peru for a few years and hated it in comparison to here, what makes the place different for you having lived there obviously?

 

[Dim Witty]

Medellin, Col- Beautiful, safe and cheaper.

 

[Jimbob]

My girlfriend lived in Peru for a few years and hated it in comparison to here, what makes the place different for you having lived there obviously?

I just told her in fact and she said it's an absolute hole(I'm paraphrasing as I don't know the site rules on profanity).

 

[QuilmesSlo]

The problem is, there is no other Buenos Aires in LatAm. Nothing comes close.

That said, I would probably choose somewhere in Colombia.

 

[MarshallE]

Hi All,

While I recently signed a 3 year lease, I'm increasingly looking at a future post Argentina as an Argentine citizen. Simply put, EVERYTHING is so expensive following the Mileiazo, and while I like Argentina (so much that I naturalized) I simply can't see a future here given how unstable and distorted the economy is, and my husband's new found willingness to move abroad.

I'm personally inclined towards Brazil, which, from what I can tell, doesn't differentiate between naturalized vs natural born Argentine citizens for the pre-Mercosur friendship treaty, plus the fact that I like Brazil makes it a compelling destination.

Maybe the wrong place to ask, but has anyone after naturalizing looked at or left Argentina for elsewhere in South America? Is anyone else considering it? I earn much less than my US peers, and pay more than them for everything from groceries to electronics, and so I need to look at some other options should things not improve.

Hard to make such long term plans, 3 years from now things could be very different. Peru is, unfortunately, a dump in comparison to BA, forget about comparisons to the USA. There's probably 20 blocks of civilization in Miraflores, Barranco and San Isidro in Lima, and most of the rest of the country is a wasteland. Now if you want to have a homestead and go live in the mountains off the grid, that'd be a different story. The nature certainly is spectacular.

 

[LuckyLuke]

There are cheaper parts of Argentina. Have you considered hunkering down outside CABA until Milei takes his foot off the dollar? Prices in San Luis for example are a good 50% cheaper in some parts.

 

[Quilombo]

There are cheaper parts of Argentina. Have you considered hunkering down outside CABA until Milei takes his foot off the dollar? Prices in San Luis for example are a good 50% cheaper in some parts.

I'm willing to, but it's a tall ask for my husband, plus the fact that the other places I'm willing to move in Argentina are assumingly more expensive, such as Patagonia, though sleepy medium sized towns like Gualeguaychú are nice and I assume cheaper.

I have the lease for 3 years so we'll see. I saw yesterday in La Nacion that despite the mortgage increase in offerings, only 11,000 loans were disbursed in 2024, that seems atrocious for a country of almost 50 Million people right?

Hard to make such long term plans, 3 years from now things could be very different. Peru is, unfortunately, a dump in comparison to BA, forget about comparisons to the USA. There's probably 20 blocks of civilization in Miraflores, Barranco and San Isidro in Lima, and most of the rest of the country is a wasteland. Now if you want to have a homestead and go live in the mountains off the grid, that'd be a different story. The nature certainly is spectacular.

We were in Lima, and Miraflores specifically. It's like Palermo surrounded by Once and La Matanza, though one Uber driver was actually an Argentine that moved to Lima during Macri's presidency and doesn't regret it, even if there's more crime as things are more stable, though I don't think I'd like to live in Lima myself.

 

[Rich One]

Any experiences in Arequipa, Peru. Heard it's a great place to live , much cheaper-