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Entries from December 2008

A Brief Hiatus…

December 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Sorry for the lack of posts, but we’ve be traveling in the US for the past couple of weeks and away from the blog.  We’ll be back next week, hopefully with some new and insightful commentary. We had planned to write about our experiences with the new U$S 134 tourist tax that Argentina will be charging to [...]

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Buenos Aires News: Edition 6

December 15th, 2008 · No Comments

20% Of Kids Say It’s Ok To Pay Bribes [Argentine Post] The Argentine Post has an interesting summary of a survey by the Argentine education ministry conducted on public school students aged 11-15.  20% of the students surveyed say it’s sometimes or always ok to pay a bribe while 30% say it’s ok to avoid [...]

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Amazing Outdoor Animation Done On Walls in Buenos Aires

December 13th, 2008 · 3 Comments

You have to check out this amazing animation done by BLU on walls of Buenos Aires.  It is all hand-drawn, which makes it even more crazy… MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo. Tweet

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Possible Transportation Strikes in Buenos Aires

December 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments

The U.S. Embassy today released a special email about possible upcoming transportation strikes in Buenos Aires.  The details are as follows: Possible Transportation Strikes Americans residing or traveling in Argentina should be aware that the following transportation-related groups have announced plans to strike nationwide in the coming days.  The parties are seeking increased salaries to [...]

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