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    Sounds like the government is planning for a lot of power blackouts this summer

    I am not sure the exact figures but at this rate they must be profitable now. They have gone up tremendously. I doubt they aren't making money now. We also experienced some black outs last summer so that is true.
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    Official Thread on Corruption in Argentina - Milei Administration Cleaning up house

    The Governor of La Rioja spent In La Rioja, Governor Quintela spent $692,000,000 USD on a recycling plant that was never functional. And now they use it as a public dump landfill so it is bad for the environment.
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    Argentina police pepper spray pension protesters

    They shouldn't be doing this unless people are violent.
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    Mendoza - Wine tasting + restaurants

    Very beautiful. I went to Bodega Renacer and exquisite!
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    Supermarket Diarco in Buenos Aires is exchanging Blue dollar at 1,400 pesos to $1 USD (Any condition, shape or denomination)

    Thanks for posting this link with more details. So it doesn't appear to be as good as I thought then. It sounds like you can only exchange enough to pay for your goods. It doesn't sound like you can exchange cash and not use it for the store. I thought maybe you could exchange a bigger bill and...
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    Argentina installs solar panels in Chilean territory by mistake - Oops

    Looks like they started to remove the solar panels. https://www.constructionworld.in/energy-infrastructure/power-and-renewable-energy/argentina-removes-accidental-solar-panels-from-chilean-side-of-border/57461
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    Politics Elon Musk calls to invest in Argentina after meeting up with Milei in LA

    Great article. After reading the artcle it sounds like both Musk and Milei both benefit. Seems logical and smart to me.
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    Food & Drink Does anyone else notice their coffee recently not tasting good?

    At least coffee prices seem to be coming down finally.
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    Politics Tomorrow, May 9th, the country will come to a standstill - National strike

    All was fine yesterday. 40% of buses running like normal. Just about every single store I visited was open for business. Gas stations open, all supermarkets, restaurants, cafes. Uber did not even have surge pricing at all. Everything was normal. This entire thing was very political.
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    Medical If COVID comes back and mutates into something else will you get another vaccinated against it?

    Never getting another Covid 19 vaccine. I have never known any friends or family to have had issues with their pregnancies and this past year I know 3 people that lost their babies at the 7/8/9 month mark.
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    Price of Beef will skyrocket at Parillas and steak restaurants! Good time to become a vegeterian!

    Antipathy? Please, that's like saying a lukewarm cup of tea after enduring 16/20 years of Kirchner government. A hefty chunk of Argentinians are harboring a fiery, full-on hatred – they're just not out there protesting at midnight on a Tuesday because, you know, work beckons bright and early...
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    Trip Reports A Month in Buenos Aires: Arrival and New Year's Celebration

    The mosquitos seem worse this year. Am I imagining things?
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    Politics Thread: President Javier Milei - From Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU) to Today

    Good article about the planned strikes: https://www.expatsba.com/threads/the-general-strike-of-the-cgt-seems-inevitable-but-the-dilemma-is-what-the-government-and-the-unions-will-do-the-next-day-infobae.975/
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