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    Why local Argentine don't invest much in stock market Merval? Anyone know?

    I moved out of Argentina many years ago but my mother live in Argentina. I just come yearly to visit her. I am wondering why don't many locals invest in stock market like the USA? In the USA all my co-workers and most people I know invest in stock market with IRA or 401K. The Argentina...
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    Medical Emergency dentist cost

    Hi all, So i am currently in BA and this morning I had the worst tooth ache that I ever had in my life. I looked up English speaking dentist and found a place that took me . Pain is better but my bank balance is in pain now as it cost something like 1800 US is that normal. My insurance will...
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    Visas Student visa requirements

    My understanding from talking to local universities is that it's both your diploma and transcript that get apostilled, translated, and certified. The translator has to be an official translator, so you'd have them apostilled first in your home country, then translated by the official...
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    Trip Reports Street robbery in Palermo

    If you can't make out what the news lady is saying, she says it happened at Gurruchaga and El Salvador and that they robbed him of his watch.
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    Newcomer ATM in Uruguay for dollars

    FYI - Rumor has it that for the last two weeks, people have only been able to withdraw a maximum of USD$200 a pop at BROU ATMs, meaning they have to spend a lot more in transaction fees than before.
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    Economy No dollar purchases (for locals) unless travelling abroad?

    My mom lives in Cordoba, she works in a public school (government) and she is coming to visit me in a month. She has her airplane tickets and her visa (not the first time she comes), however, when she went to the AFIP to fill out the 'form', they wouldn't even give it to her. All they said was...
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