Whether you’re staying in Buenos Aires for one month or indefinitely, finding a place to live can bring unexpected challenges and surprises. Wander Argentina presents the pros and cons of the seven most common living situations that tourists, students, and foreign workers are bound to encounter in Buenos Aires. Living with a señora or … Read more
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 … Read more
Without a DNI (Argentine identity card) foreigners in Argentina will not be able to get a cell phone contract in most cases. Most temporary visitors use pay-as-you-go or prepaga cellphone plans. Read on to learn how to get a temporary SIM and a balance for cellphone service in Argentina. Dual SIM Capability Phones Modern smartphones, … Read more
Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner warmly congratulated President Barack Obama yesterday after he won reelection as U.S. President. Elsewhere in South America, leaders’ reactions were mixed. Venezuela Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez surprised many in September when he said, “I hope this doesn’t hurt his campaign, but if I was from the United States … Read more
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and the majority of citizens of Argentina breathed a sigh of relief today after United States President Barack Obama won reelection. President Kirchner sent Obama a letter of congratulations that read in part, “Argentina and the United States have maintained friendly relations since the era of colonialism that subjugated our regions…We … Read more