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  1. GlasgowJohn

    Politics Tomorrow, May 9th, the country will come to a standstill - National strike

    Not totally true ... Hospital Aleman was working fine. All the supermarkets were open / all the shopping centers were open.
  2. GlasgowJohn

    Politics Elon Musk calls to invest in Argentina after meeting up with Milei in LA

    Where are the riots my dear friend? None out this way............................ Are you referring to the corrupt union leaders who are getting worried they will lose their massive salaries?
  3. GlasgowJohn

    Newcomer Mosquito invasion in BA

    It was great in the morning but after about 3pm the little bastards came back
  4. GlasgowJohn

    Newcomer The dream of marrying a Latina girl

    Sorry major mess up on my part / a friend was telling me a few days ago about their prenuptial agreement and that she would earn almost one million euros per year I had understood that they had announced their divorce. Loads of apologies..
  5. GlasgowJohn

    Newcomer Mosquito invasion in BA

    Yesterday, there were a lot of mosquitoes early evening as I swept up the leaves in the garden.. This morning with a 4c temperature reading they had disappeared Let's see a little later...............
  6. GlasgowJohn

    Economy The Central Bank put the new 10,000 peso banknotes into circulation - Infobae

    I think both apps cost money after the initial free trial period
  7. GlasgowJohn

    Medical If COVID comes back and mutates into something else will you get another vaccinated against it?

    I really doubt that there will be another lockdown. There would be an uprising.....
  8. GlasgowJohn

    Does anyone else find it strange Argentina still thinks they won the Falklands War?

    My son, along with everyone attending school here, gets indoctrinated at school. I give him a fairly well-balanced version of the argument at home. Given that most of the young people are very into human rights , I always ask is anyone considering the rights of the long-term residents of the...
  9. GlasgowJohn

    Politics Thread: President Javier Milei - Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU) in real-time

    Is Milei creating any more poverty than Kristina and Alberto? 16 of the last 20 years governments prior to Milei were from the Kircnerista side of politics. How many real jobs were created in that time? How many houses in Buenos Ares province are still without direct access to sewers? After...
  10. GlasgowJohn

    Question to local members

    I went to the 1982 World Cup to see Scotland In Malaga for two weeks and stayed for three years! Went back again in 1992 for 17 years , my last place of residence in Europe before coming to Argentne
  11. GlasgowJohn

    Politics Thread: President Javier Milei - Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU) in real-time

    The artilcle highlights the closure of TELAM the public news agency - this is not a backward step in any sense. Telam was a mouth piece for the kirchneritsas in the governemet
  12. GlasgowJohn

    Politics Thread: President Javier Milei - Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU) in real-time

    Has Press freedom existed in Argentina in the past? Most of the media were dependent on government advertising to make cash. This advertising meant that no one expressed independent opinions. Now that there is no government subsidies , you can argue there is more freedom now than anytime in...
  13. GlasgowJohn

    Politics Thread: President Javier Milei - Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU) in real-time

    Milei has a competent team that is running the country . He is going overseas to look for investments that will bring jobs to Argentine. Seems to make sense to me.
  14. GlasgowJohn

    Is the Expat party in Buenos Aires coming to an end?

    Yip 150% is expected - I think it will be less. if there had been no change in Government I Reckon it would have been close to 3,000%
  15. GlasgowJohn

    Question to local members

    And even from one day to the next.........................
  16. GlasgowJohn

    Traveling before the DNI arrives

    I dont need a Visa for Brazil but every now and again they tell me they have to see my passport
  17. GlasgowJohn

    Traveling before the DNI arrives

    The official rule is that all full-time residents can Cross Merccosur borders with their DNI. Worked in most places for me. But occasionally in Brazilian airports, their IT system wants to see the passport as well. I always travel with my passport in any case, in case of emergencies in Europe...
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