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A canine brigade in Punta Arenas helps to speed the landing of 4.000 visitors
How do you manage to make the mandatory phyto-sanitary controls when 4.000 visitors come ashore on the same day virtually at the same time, and the port is not a major terminal. Particularly when the country is a main producer of fruit and other agriculture goods and must act with the utmost jealousy to ensure its privileged position as a world leading exporter. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesthese dogs are worth there weight in gold,
Feb 13th, 2015 - 02:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0nice doggy.....
Argentina also has nice doggies, but their job is to sniff out Dollars being smuggled across the border by Argentines trying to protect their savings. In Chile, you're allowed complete economic freedom, including holding bank accounts in Pesos, Euros, Pounds and Dollars. Not in Argentina....
Feb 13th, 2015 - 05:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Our dogs protect us from Fruit Flies, Mad Cow disease, etc...
(2) Chicureo
Feb 13th, 2015 - 07:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Please inform yourself...
You talk a lot of nonsense just now...
1) Chile and Argentina have almost the same rules for the extraction of dollars from the Country...
Until 10,000 U$S cash, there is no problem in neither Country...
Over 10,000 U$S...you have to transfer via a Bank from Argentina...
http://www.afip.gob.ar/genericos/miOrientacion/simuladorSalidaPais/reporte.aspx
Over 10,000 U$S...you have to declare and fill up a special questionaire in Chile...
http://www.afip.gob.ar/genericos/miOrientacion/simuladorSalidaPais/reporte.aspx
2) It is legal and quite normal to have a Dollar/Euro bank account in Argentina... Most Argie banks offer them...
Don't take me word for it... Google it...
3) The only (big) difference is that, in Chile, any “roto” can walk into a Bank and exchange 600 million Pesos into 1 million dollars...
That's not possible in Argentina at the moment, for obvious reasons...
Estimado THINK,
Feb 13th, 2015 - 07:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0With deep respect, are you saying that your countrymen have the same confidence holding their hard earned savings in an Argentine bank as we rotos her in Chile have in one of ours?
Are you claiming that I can legally freely exchange and transfer my funds as
I wish with no harassment?
Are you sure that your airport dogs are not trained to sniff for Dollars?
Then please forgive my ignorance.
By the way, the menu has been boring lately. I've even sunk as low to imbibing blended Scotch...
Labradors can be easily bribed by FOOD ! Try a meat pie, it will be your friend for life !
Feb 13th, 2015 - 08:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0(4) Chicureo
Feb 13th, 2015 - 08:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I'm just claiming what I wrote at (3)... no more... no less.
On blended?
That explains a lot.
Your appalling “terra de fuego” spelling on another thread, for instance...;-)
“That's not possible in Argentina at the moment, for obvious reasons...”
Feb 14th, 2015 - 02:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0Obvious?
Really? How many other countries are suffering from these “obvious reasons”?
No rich and developed ones as far as I'm aware. Just the poor economically mismanaged ones.
good comment Skip.
Feb 14th, 2015 - 02:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0Sistah might want to tell the Importers how easy it is for them to freely move thier currency in and out of Argentina.
Feb 14th, 2015 - 02:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0They may disagree
12,000 cars left unfinished awaiting imported parts
Sistah is such a liar
such a liar she is
nice looking dog though, best thing to come out of RG land in years....
Feb 14th, 2015 - 03:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0:-)
can we vote it for President? Couldn't do a worse job, surely?
(7) Skippy, the Bush kangaroo asks me..:
Feb 14th, 2015 - 10:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0“How many other countries are suffering from these “obvious reasons”?
No rich and developed ones as far as I'm aware. Just the poor economically mismanaged ones.”
I say...:
Jupppppp....... Argentina is in the same Foreign Exchange Control boat as Brazil, China, Iceland, India, Israel, Malaysia, Namibia, Russia, Suid-Afrika and some fifty other Countries in the world...
(9) Fred Bates, ex shoes salesman in Buenos Aires (wonder why he doesn't mention it in his CV :-) says...:
“Think might want to tell the Importers how easy it is for them to freely move their currency in and out of Argentina... They may disagree.”
I say...:
Nope, they won't disagree...
They may freely move any amount of foreign currency they may own...
What they may NOT do, is to exchange Argentinean Pesos into U$S Dollars at the official rate to immediately sell them at the black market...
Capisce?
“Argentina is in the same Foreign Exchange Control boat as Brazil, China, Iceland, India, Israel, Malaysia, Namibia, Russia, Suid-Afrika and some fifty other Countries in the world...”
Feb 14th, 2015 - 04:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Really? Argentina has the SAME foreign exchange control as these countries?
First, hardly a prosperous list of countries. Should already tell you something already. Not really a list of economic superstars other than China.... and even that country has just turned the wrong corner.
Secondly, I'd be really interested in seeing the differences between the government exchange rate and the black market rate in each of these countries. A very good indicator of restrictions. Seems that the largest economies with black market exchange rates are: Argentina, Venezuela, Iran and Egypt. Great list to be included on. A veritable who's who of prosperity and stability.
Third, you are telling me that this 'long' list of countries charges their citizens a tax on every purchase credit/debit card purchase overseas and all foreign Internet purchases? That these citizens are also unable to withdraw cash overseas in US$ when their domestic account is in their own currency? That these citizens also need to provide their income details to exchange currency? And are then charged a 'tax' on the currency purchased?
Because I can already say that all the Chinese and Indian international students at my university don't have any of these problems when paying for their tuition. Nor in withdrawing cash to live on.
I'd suggest that only Venezuela comes close to Argentina's restrictions. And maybe a few poor African countries.
Oh how the mighty have fallen when they are no longer even close to being a developed country.
(12) Skippy..., Skippy...
Feb 14th, 2015 - 06:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I already taught you a lesson about the Oil business and its pricing... (That was when oil was about 100U$S a barrel, remember?)
Now I have to teach you that all those “Chinese and Indian international students at your university don't have any problems paying for their tuition nor withdrawing cash to live on” BECAUSE the have a DOLLAR ACCOUNT AT HOME in China or India...
Don't take my word for it... Ask them, you silly Jillaroo...
Ummm yeah oil..... I'm currently washing my clothes..... oh sorry I thought we were sharing random unrelated stuff???
Feb 15th, 2015 - 01:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0Annnywaay.....
Oh so Chinese and Indian students have easy access to foreign currency back in China and India......
So not like Argentina at all.
A little correction to our naive Skippy, the bush kangaroo at (14)...:
Feb 15th, 2015 - 09:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0The rich parents of Chinese and Indian students in Australia (and elsewhere), have easy access to foreign currency back in China and India, through their allowed quotas and the black market...
Soooo much like Argentina...
Ps...:
Everybody washes its clothes...
Big question here is...: Do you iron?
Chuckle chuckle
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