The local men and women in Argentina win the hearts of many an expat. Some experience passionate affairs, others end up getting married to a local, but the worst off end up broken-hearted and bruised. Smooth-talkers, ludicrous games and fits of jealousy are just some of the problems foreigners face in Argentina when getting it on […]
The Pitfalls of Dating an Argentine Part 1: Language & Living
“Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.” Marlene Dietrich They’re exotic, attractive and come from a fascinating foreign land. There is no lover more alluring than one from a different culture and everyone knows that bringing home a Latin lover is a far better souvenir […]
Bill Buckley, Fugitive Who Conned Expats in Argentina, Sentenced in CO
Though he shares a name with a well known conservative American author, his legacy in Buenos Aires is more like that of English convict of the same name. In another tale of a foreign convict who escaped to Argentina, William Paul Buckley alias, Michael Nemetski (DOB: 5/10/1984), an American who ripped off dozens of foreigners […]
Palermo’s Most High-Profile Street Person has Died
Alejandro ‘Pechito’ Ferreiro, Buenos Aires’ most recognizable homeless person has died. The 40 year-old man lived next to the entrance of a Banco Frances at Scalabrini Ortiz and Santa Fe in the well-off Palermo neighborhood for 12 years. There, he etched out a personalized living space on the sidewalk, complete with a mattress, lounge […]
Buenos Aires Rolls Out the New ‘Metrobus’ on 9 de Julio
Some Buenos Aires residents are resting a little easier these days now that the city’s Metrobus along 9 de Julio was inaugurated on July 24, after six months of construction. The new rapid transit bus-only lanes divert colectivos that previously ran down the narrow streets of San Telmo, Monserrat and Microcentro along Chacabuco/Maipu and Piedras/Esmeralda […]
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