I sort of agree but don’t understand how the country won’t simply crash with debt, too much direct and indirect government employment combined with huge poverty rates a transition from a strong middle class to banana republic level gaps between poor and very very rich.
My take though is that this country is still very cheap. My apartment, food and entertainment, public transportation and taxis are all way cheaper than any large city I’ve been to recently in dollar terms. It’s only horrible for anyone paid in pesos
since you wrote what I've observed since coming here, I've seen more older people and had more older colleagues than anywhere else I've worked in Latin America (that's most of the continent). But... we're wrong, look at this: 
