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[QUOTE=Spassmusssein;445724]NO beaches in Medellin.
I still have a lovely "girlfriend" in Cali..."Esther"
Cali is as well a very good place.
"Esther" worked in Frankfurt "Bahnhofsviertel".
Lets check it out and come back here in 8 years o so.[/QUOTE]No good beaches to speak of here either..... Besides its much easier to find a REAL girlfriend in Medellin!
[QUOTE=Spassmusssein;445724]NO beaches in Medellin.
.[/QUOTE]For those beach lovers 'stuck' in Medellin there is an inexpensive fix. For under $80us one can bump up their suntan in Cartagena with a R-T fare on [URL]http://www.vivacolombia.co[/URL].
Flights from Cali marginally higher. How about a long weekend in Lima? Or Panama City? All for short money.
The currency market did not seem to react at all to the mayoral election as [URL]ambito.com[/URL] is showing 14.07 over 14.22 which is very similar to Friday. Anyway, it would seem to me that a right wing victory would strengthen the currency rather than weaken it. That would be particularly true, I would think, if the election augurs a Macri victory in the presidential election, which is what the argie newspapers are saying.
[QUOTE=Dickhead;445727]The currency market did not seem to react at all to the mayoral election as [URL]ambito.com[/URL] is showing 14.07 over 14.22 which is very similar to Friday. Anyway, it would seem to me that a right wing victory would strengthen the currency rather than weaken it. That would be particularly true, I would think, if the election augurs a Macri victory in the presidential election, which is what the argie newspapers are saying.[/QUOTE]Most of the polls have Macri behind Scioli DH, though the pollsters sure missed the close race for mayor yesterday. In addition Macri has more than hinted at eliminating currency controls if he is elected, meaning a likely devaluation of the peso.
Macri is too far to the right for me personally, but he is a bright guy and undoubtedly aware that any time you have a parallel black market in a currency, a devaluation is inevitable. Argie pride notwithstanding, of course.
I see the dollar has gone up by about 15 centavos since I posted this morning. Decent wine is really getting ridiculously cheap.
[QUOTE=Spassmusssein;445722]maybe its good time to leave now for a country with future.
[/QUOTE]In the last 100 or so years has Argentina had a future? The only things keeping the country from being a complete basket case are cows, corn, and soy. It certainly is not the people.
Tres3.
[QUOTE=Tres3;445732]In the last 100 or so years has Argentina had a future? The only things keeping the country from being a complete basket case are cows, corn, and soy. It certainly is not the people.
Tres3.[/QUOTE]Well, everyone in his place.
I love Argentina, allmost everyone of my friends here is an Argentine and, as beeing in real-estate, I do not have problems.
Do not underestimate, ARG is one of the few midlleclass-countries here around.
I do not see our prob with "the people" here. They are my friends and bizz-partners. Since many years and meanwhile I prefer the "easy going" here to the suicidal "Merkelism" of my Origin.
You are right, that ARG-Industrie is campocampocampo. Manufacturing industry goes in China, India, Southcorea o Burundi Faso (maybe). Absolute brainlessness to try "industrialize" Argentina with the actual labor-laws.
Concerning mongering...ARG is leaving the spot, so Medellin, Cali, Manaos or Rio are better places. Cartaghena just 4 me...
NievelEvil I will stay here as I did within the last years.
Going on vacacions to...yes, ok, wherever.
It looks as if Judge Griesa is tightening the screws.
[URL]http://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-judge-says-argentine-assets-fair-game-debt-001217033.html[/URL]
Tres3.
[QUOTE=Tres3;445812]It looks as if Judge Griesa is tightening the screws.
[URL]http://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-judge-says-argentine-assets-fair-game-debt-001217033.html[/URL]
Tres3.[/QUOTE]Unfortunately, too little, too late.......
Found an amusing article on Argentine economy [URL]http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-20/only-in-argentina-where-minus-3-bond-yields-are-all-the-rage[/URL].
The Blue Peso has finally made International news.
[URL]http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-20/argentina-s-black-market-peso-falls-to-weakest-in-10-months?cmpid=yhoo[/URL]
Tres3.
I am in Europe now with an argentinean friend and she has 10.000 pesos with her. Prior to our trip, the conversation went like this:
Argie: Should I bring pesos with me to exchange in Europe for euro?
Me: No, you will not be able to exchange pesos in Europe. Exchange pesos for euro before you leave.
Argie: (Looks at me sideways dog-head). Should I bring my ATM card?
Me: No, your ATM card will not work outside of Argentina because of the currency restrictions KFC (I call CFK KFC because her neck wattle makes her look like some type of fowl) has imposed.
Argie: (Looks at me sideways dog-head).
Fast forward to Spain:
Argie: I am going to use the ATM to get some euro.
Me: <crickets>.
Argie: The ATM won't give me any money.
Me: <crickets>.
Argie: I am going to go inside Santander Bank (her argie account is at Santander) and get some euro that way.
Me: <crickets, big smile>.
Argie: They are telling me my ATM card is no good here.
Me, fantasy reply: Boluda, I told you that twenty times before we left.
Me, actual reply: Ay ¡qué lástima!
Fast forward to Italy:
Argie: I am going to go to Western Union and they will exchange my pesos.
Me: (no they fucking won't) Dale.
Argie: Western Union won't take my pesos.
Me: (Duh) No, and neither will anyone else. They are worthless outside of Argentina and a few neighboring countries.
Argie: (Hateful look, tiny feet stamping on the ground). Why?
Me: Detailed explanation of KFC's restrictions (argie hates KFC because 'she gives everything to all those boliguayos and nothing to me'), the default on the debt, Argentina's international reputation for defalcation, etc.
Argie: Why would KFC do that? Isn't that really stupid?
Me: I have no fucking idea and yes it is insanely stupid.
Argie: Well, down by the train station there are a bunch of money changers and banks and I will go there and someone will exchange them, but you need to come with me because I don't feel safe walking around with 10.000 pesos.
Me: No, I will not go with you because you are wasting your time and there are better things to do in this beautiful city.
Argie: Hate face, fume, tiny feet stamping, malas palabras, and so forth.
Six hours later:
Argie: I went to six banks, three exchange offices, and drank twenty mates with a bunch of stupid little crackers I dragged all the way from Argentina and no one will take my pesos.
Me, fantasy reply: Meanwhile, I went to three beautiful museums, four gorgeous parks, and had some gelato.
Me, actual replay: ¡Qué lástima!
Imagine the futility of spending six hours trying to exchange worthless toilet paper. Then further imagine doing so while carrying a backpack containing: your mate, half a kilo of 'zherba,' half a kilo of sugar, a heavy jacket in case the temperature drops below 25 C, a cell phone that does not work in Europe, all your makeup and perfume so the maid won't steal it (because the maid is black), and god knows what else.
I mention that Macri says if he gets elected he will remove the restrictions immediately but that Scioli says he will he will remove them gradually.
Argie: Scioli es un hijo de rrrre mil puta de la mierda y me cago en él y encima es rengo (has only one arm) (at this point the zhizhing and slurring became so pronounced I lost track but none of it sounded very positive towards Scioli) and if he gets elected I will rip off his other arm and stuff it up his [I]culo[/I].
Me: Vamos a comer algo?
Argie: ¡Ojalá! Estoy rrre cansada.
Later she stated with relative certainty that she will be able to exchange the pesos in Germany.
Denial is not just a river in Egypt.
[QUOTE=Dickhead;445865]Denial is not just a river in Egypt.[/QUOTE]What a closer!
Instead of the word 'rengo' (someone who limps) in my last post, the word should have been 'manco' (someone with one arm). I think she said 'rengo' meaning he is crippled but that is not right. Maybe she said 'manco'.