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    What place has the best medialunas in Buenos Aires?

    That ice cream looks delicous!
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    Education What apps do you use to learn or improve your Spanish?

    I agree about vocabulary. Even if I can't speak too well if I know what everything means eventually people understand what I am talking about. I do the opposite as you @futuro and I watch movies in Spanish and put English subtitles so I can see how they pronounce it.
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    Milei - Time magazine

    They always on that station try to get people to criticize what this administration are doing. It's all live and so many times I see people agree with the austerity measures. It's funny!
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    Extreme vandalism and damage to beautiful statues in Buenos Aires

    I think they are stealing it for the Bronze and then trying to sell parts of it? People seem really desperate there. A shame to destroy such beautiful artifacts.
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    Buquebus ferry trips to Colonia or Montevideo?

    I am visiting Buenos Aires next month and I read some posts about visiting Colonia. I heard Uruguay was more expensive than Buenos Aires and kind of boring but I wanted to get another country visited under my belt since I'm there. It seems like I can also use this border trip to extend my 3...
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    Homicide, robbery and petty theft on the rise in Greater Buenos Aires

    Thank you!! I have more reading to do. Argentina is so fascinating. I heard it used to be a rich country. I am going to research more and much some Youtube videos. What is the minimum wage like there? I have been to other countries in South America like Brazil with low wages but their inflation...
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    Homicide, robbery and petty theft on the rise in Greater Buenos Aires

    How are there not riots in the street? I am coming next month for my first visit. I planned the trip a year ago when things were very cheap but I read there is 300% inflation since last year. I read about some strikes but I don't read about violence. Will my trip be ok? How are things so calm...
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