How Much Money Can You Bring to Argentina?

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Now that most tourists and expats know about the dollar blue, the question that often arises is “How much money can I bring into Argentina legally?” It’s pretty simple actually: For those age 16 and older, you can legally enter the country with up to $10,000 United States dollars For those under 16, you can … Read more

Watch Mayweather vs Pacquiao for Free

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The Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao fight this Saturday, May 2, in Las Vegas is being billed as the fight of the century. It’s already set all kinds of records and it hasn’t even happened yet. Both Mayweather and Pacquiao will earn the largest payout in the history of sports. Mayweather was originally estimated to be … Read more

Google Maps Launches Subway Directions for Buenos Aires

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Ok, so we get things a bit slower here in Argentina… Yesterday, Google Maps released a mass transit update for Argentina that now includes subway directions! Yes, you can now use Google Maps to find out the best subway route to get to a specific destination. Unfortunately bus routes are not available, but give that … Read more

Spotify Discount – Just For Being in Argentina

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I’ve been a loyal Spotify Premium member ever since they launched in the US back in June 2011. I love the fact that I have millions of songs at my fingertips, can set up offline sync on my mobile devices and have the same playlists everywhere. Plus, their product has just gotten better and better over time – even if I … Read more

Maple Syrup in Buenos Aires

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I could have sworn I wrote about this before, but after searching my blog I did not turn up any posts about finding maple syrup in Buenos Aires. I guess it’s only been in the back of my mind, and now finally time to give you the scoop… Maple Syrup is one of those more difficult to find … Read more

April Fools’ Post-Mortem

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Yesterday I posted an April Fools’ blog post announcing an “Argentina Expat Amnesty Program,” and even with quite a few giveaways in the post, it seems that I managed to trick a good number of people. It turned out to be one of the more read posts we’ve have in awhile, so I thought a quick post-mortem … Read more

Money Transfer Services to Require a CUIL

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Let me start by saying, this is not an April Fool’s joke unfortunately… As of April 1, 2015, any foreign national residing in Argentina for more than 90 days will be required to present a CUIL or CUIT in order to pick up money from any of the money transfer services (Xoom, Azimo, Ria, etc.). This does not apply … Read more