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[QUOTE=Yujin; 425131][url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/buenos-aires-subway-shutdown-enters-eighth-day/2012/08/11/c954e8c4-e3f9-11e1-89f7-76e23a982d06_story.html[/url]
When in BA, I hardly ever took the metro, but I know it's important to many people there. The striking workers are going to have a problem in getting their demands met if 'the politicians can't even agree on who is running the system let alone where the money should come from. ' Who's going to blink first and admit the problem is theirs: President Cristina Fernandez or Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri? An interesting power struggle.[/QUOTE]Queen Christina won't blink. She thinks this is working in her favor because Macri had the gall to announce his intention to run for president next time. She thinks this makes him look bad and not her. She does one of her whimisical decrees and "Presto" the subways become property of Macri. It would not surprise me if she instigated the strike. Its her style.
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[QUOTE=SnakeOilSales;424952]ALL non-US passport holders MUST have their photograph and digital fingerprints taken in order to enter at any US airport immigration control. This has been in effect since shortly after the September 11th attacks. This is not limited to tourists; temporary and permanent residents MUST submit to the fingerprinting and photograph as well. US citizens are exempt from this as they cannot be ordered to submit to fingerprinting unless placed under arrest and in fact cannot be denied entry to the USA (temporary and permanent residents can be denied entry).[/QUOTE]This is done even if you only have a CONNECTING flight in the USA. Even had to clear Customs, pick up the suitcase and deposit it at another location before going BACK through Security again. I just had to do this on a quick trip from BA to Canada, but was told I wouldn't on my return trip from Canada to BA. I will find out next week if it is true or not.
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