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    Victoria's Secret opening up new store in Alto Palermo

    If you bring it in yourself and bring a few extra to sell on, Mercado Libre will try and stop you selling them because of some agreement they have with the brand owner. A friend brought in a pile of Nike stuff, and they can't sell it on Mercado Libre.
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    Newcomer Power cuts this summer

    Or the Russians or God only knows who.....
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    What is Modo, Argentina's virtual wallet (Discounts at Coto and other stores) - Mercado Pago competitor

    Last weekend in Dia, Modo wouldn't allow me to pay. I had just used it in JUMBO, so the app was working, and my credit was good. I left 60 mil of merchandise on the counter as no one could solve the problem.
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    Newcomer Power cuts this summer

    Has anyone given a reason for the Spanish blackout?
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    Newcomer Power cuts this summer

    Not normally. But where we live, there are 5-minute blackouts every now and again. Poor infrastructure, I understand. It will improve sometime in the future, but no one knows when
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    The Albanesi Group Default: Impact on ANSES and the Economic Model

    When you cross any frontier by car , the Argentine authorities track you . This is the case of entering and leaving for Uruguay. I believe the Uruguayn authorities do the same.
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    Correos Internacional

    Bank workers are heavily unionized. So they are on strike!
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    Correos Internacional

    We had planned to go today but obviously, that is impossible. Hope to go tomorrow.
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    Correos Internacional

    Has anyone had to go to Correo Internacional in Av Antartida recently? Any idea how busy it is? My wife has manged to get a package delivered there and we have to go and pick it up. Thanks in advinace for any help.
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    Patience is wearing down with President Milei

    Argentina has gone from being too close to Russia, China, Cuba , Venezuela and the dodgier countries in the Middle East to being intimate lovers with USA and Israel. Abandoning neutrality has been a huge mistake. Milei should get back to basics and keep working on inflation and the fiscal...
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    Does anyone else find it strange Argentina still thinks they won the Falklands War?

    Resolution 2065 is a non binding resolution that recognises the sovereignty dispute, but nothing else. It doesnt say Argentina is correct , nor does it say that the UK is correct. Many Falklanders/Malvinenses who I have met say that the Argentine version of history is not correct . Is there...
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    Does anyone else find it strange Argentina still thinks they won the Falklands War?

    There is always more than one version of history depending on what you want to believe. But , I am at a failutre to understand why most Argentine free thinkers do not want to recognise the rights of the residents of the islands to determine their future.
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    Official Thread on Corruption in Argentina - Milei Administration Cleaning up house

    Baking and reading tarot cards at the same time? A multifaceted multitasker.....
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    Banking What is going on with the Blue dollar? Why is it going down?

    I bet it arrives in installments , timed nicely to coincide with repayments to the lender of the original loan.
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    Banking What is going on with the Blue dollar? Why is it going down?

    With the 20,000 m / 25,000m USD that came into the sytem with the tax amnesty and some extra USD from agro exports , rereves were postive for a short time , but that cash has now been spent
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