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I'm not that far gone yet :cool: (apologies to @Caribbean Cool), for OSDE plan 210 my wife and I will pay 118k Pesos this month.

I think we're misunderstanding each other. The Venezuelans who got here weren't poor in Venezuela, they were able to save $1000 plus whatever they needed to get started here ( a few month's rent basically). That was a lot to be able to save in Venezuela where people I know earn $20-40 per day...

Venezuelans who got to Argentina were not the poor ones, the price for bus travel through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile to here was about $500 one-way, plus they needed to show $500 in cash to enter Chile. The "walkers" got as far as Colombia and Ecuador. Argentina has been very welcoming...

I used Cigna for my wife and myself until about 4 years ago, and I stopped the insurance cover because they kept increasing the monthly premiums (I don't remember how much it was, but it was sufficient to cause me to discontinue the policy). We had never made a claim, so I didn't see the...

Transfer to your landlord’s offshore account isn’t an option? Pretty much every landlord has one, but they prefer to have the USD bills here. It’s an unfortunate reality. Once you’ve been here a while you will most likely meet people who can get you USD bills for typically 4-5% commission. I...

I had my first experience as an Airbnb host a few months back, and I'd say you really have to have everything under control before you can do this. The apartment I rented out is in Venezuela, so as a Murphy's Law scenario it was really just perfect o_O First of all, the guests... whether...

The stink of corruption has followed Larrata and his Verruca Salt sidekick around for decades now. Their expenditures are so far beyond their means there's no possible legal explanation. I wonder if Dr. Favaloro at least raised a smile from beyond the grave the night Larrata's ambitions died?

Seeing Larrata washed up is already amusement enough though, imagine going from lunches with Bill and designing your own vaccination and digital nomad campaigns to being a mere ex-mayor of a medium-sized city. (I wouldn't be so pissed at him if my car hadn't been towed a few times before his...