Argentina is becoming an affordable destination for foreigners again, due to government currency controls causing an insatiable appetite for black market dollars. Argentineans purchase dollars on the black market as a way to save in a more stable currency than the inflation-prone Argentine peso. Citizens are only allowed to purchase small quantities of dollars from […]
Popemania: The Good and the Bad
Church bells rang in Buenos Aires as the new pope, former Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, was inaugurated in the Vatican City on Tuesday. The aftermath of the March 13 selection announcement and Tuesday’s inaugural mass of the first South American Pope sparked lively debate both in Argentina and around the […]
Another Reason to Move to Argentina: Lots ‘o Holidays
Argentines have made ‘mañana mentality’ and their love of partying official. Argentina ranked number one as the country with the most paid national holidays per year for 2012. Argentina will have celebrated a total of 19 public holidays and twenty paid vacation days for the year. Not just government workers reap the benefits of the […]
How to Purchase Cell Phone Credit in Argentina
Without a DNI (Argentine identity card) foreigners in Argentina will not be able to get a cell phone contract in most cases.This means that most visitors use pay-as-you-go or prepago cellphone plans. Using pay-as-you-go means becoming accustomed to the bothersome ‘no credit’ beep and wondering how a one-minute phone call could possibly have used up […]
Buenos Aires Rolls Out New Bicycle Festival
The city of Buenos Aires is yet again rolling out a new festival. The first Festival de la Bici (Bicycle Festival) is set to take place this weekend, October 27 and 28. Under the motto, ‘Two days, Two wheels, A Thousand Things to See,’ the event is another push to promote two-wheel transportation in Buenos […]