The day started very well with an appointment at ANSES (the department of social security) to start the PUAM (pension) application, but I’ll go into that in more detail in a later post. While at ANSES my main client, a private school, sent me messages to collect a box of electronics from an address in […]
Behind the curtains Having been informed that dinner would be served after eight thirty in the dining room behind the mysterious curtains, I was curious as to what lay behind them, because the entire hotel had a kind of Dr Who Tardis feel to it, in that it was so much larger inside than what […]
This trip was totally unexpected and I only went along to accompany a mate, Claudio, who is thinking of moving from Buenos Aires to La Cumbre. I mean, I couldn’t really let him ride alone, could I? It was also a great way to test out some new kit.
As part of my motorcycle courier service, I go to several banks to make payments on behalf of my main customer.
State Owned Companies Lost US$18 Billion During The Previous Administration
That’s a monthly rate by the way, but much improved over December 2023 which was around 25%, if we’re still counting.
Prosecutor Mario Villar requested that Cristina Kirchner be sentenced to 12 years in prison for being the head of the illicit association that operated in the corruption of public works in Santa Cruz. He did so before the Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation in the case known as “Vialidad”. Villar assured that the former president […]
Just over two months after his stunning election win, Javier Milei is delivering exactly what he promised – more pain, high inflation, but a drastic cutting back of state spending. We’ve yet to see a drop in inflation because January’s monthly figure of 25% is not really indicative, yet Milei himself has said that a […]
The Insurralde scandal The cabinet chief of Buenos Aires province, Martin Insurralde, resigned on Saturday after his girlfriend posted pictures on Instagram of their luxury holiday on board a yacht off Marbella, Spain. Sofia Clerici also posted pictures of gifts that Insurralde had given her including a Rolex watch, jewellery and top of the […]
While the government maintains an artificial exchange rate with the US dollar of around $367, the informal black market rate, also known more commonly as the Blue rate, jumped to $790 yesterday (September 29). Uncertainty, which is the perennial key word in Argentina as of late, largely drives the Blue rate which is considered to […]
