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The places are packed because the people who frequent them earn in pesos and think in pesos, not dollars, and as a % of their income it is more or less the same as it was before as wages have shot up a lot over the past 6 months. Fast Food prices in Argentina have always been high compared to...

The age old existential crisis of Argentina and Argenomics. There are plenty of people who genuinely think it you live in a big house, hire a nanny, a butler, a maid and a pool boy then you are rich. No need to look further. Meanwhile what they don’t see is the nanny, the butler, the maid and...

https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/el-salario-minimo-pasara-156000-pesos-en-diciembre 1. ARS 156.000 (Official@823 = USD 189/ Blue @995 = USD 156) https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/capital-social-se-actualizo-el-monto-del-salario-minimo-vital-y-movil 2. ARS 234.315 (Official@905 = USD...

1. Yes you will need a local bank (in all practical terms) 2. No - only to send yourself money to said local bank 3. You have two regular property related taxes to pay. (A) the municipal tax you simply pay online and can be done with a credit card depending on the municipality, no accountant...

Factors to consider as to why Argentina is not on fire: - Last year the majority Argentines voted to change the status-quo and elect an outsider on a platform of austerity, giving him more votes than any other election in Argentine history. Most of his voters were from the poor and working class...

You (and RB) can take my word “people” as “some people” … I’d lump some Argentines in with this group too and wouldn’t limit the gist of it to supermarket prices ;)

People love to complain and set conditions that make it impossible to satisfy even themselves. They want to have selection at the supermarket but they also want protectionism for local industry. They want low prices at the supermarket but they also don’t want low wages for local workers. They...

https://www.afip.gob.ar/fiscalidad-internacional/beneficiarios-finales/fideicomisos.asp You can register a trust with AFIP (in fact strictly speaking you are supposed to if you receive distributions from one and live in Argentina as there is an annual reporting requirement, independent of any...

Back to the original headline of "turning back the clock"... THIS is what a country turning back the clock looks like: https://www.lanacion.com.ar/el-mundo/el-gobierno-de-peru-definio-a-las-personas-transexuales-como-enfermas-mentales-nid14052024/ Perú... also considered by some to be the best...

… Since 2002 and never had to pay “dolar oficial” like the majority of Argentines who earned pesos I suppose. Living the subsidized brecha dream only possible for a select few. Anyway the cheapest kilo of rice in our neighbor Brazil can be found in supermarkets for R$7.79 before discount...

https://www.infobae.com/judiciales/2024/05/13/estos-no-van-a-recibir-comida-tienen-0-movilizaciones-los-chats-de-la-causa-judicial-que-investiga-la-extorsion-de-los-piqueteros/ And as of a few minutes ago, turns out social movements who stand for the most vulnerable in society like Polo Obrero...

It is exactly this. And its closure due to "no hay plata" only creates a convenient headline to be able to use for propaganda purposes, laying the blame for a murder and what ever act of violence or discrimination between private citizens at the feet of the politicians of the day. People are...

Before politicizing this horrible crime and laying the blame on the president of the country, try paying attention to the news from every single year before his election. And all this is con plata. If you want to politicize this, then you should first be prepared to answer why did the states...

Where do these guys get their journalists… Jumbo, open. Dia, open. Carrefour, open. Coto, open. Chino, open. Yet according to Reuters, everything supermarkets included came “grinding to a halt”. Also saw bank staff coming in and out of their branch (even though closed for public attention)...

https://www.infobae.com/politica/2024/05/09/patricia-bullrich-el-paro-no-tiene-ninguna-contundencia-todo-va-a-estar-abierto/ https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/2024/05/09/paro-del-9-de-mayo-cuales-son-las-lineas-de-colectivos-que-hoy-funcionaran-en-el-amba/ About 40% of busses are still running...