[martinrd]

This is one of a couple moves by the Argentinian government that slows down tech innovation and development.

You neither can import any electronics (or anything at all, except you also export for an equivalent amount). So you're stuck with what the government held companies provide.

[dysoco]

Sadly, yep... that's true. I recently moved back to Argentina from Spain, and for example they just released the Samsung Galaxy S II, and it's really expensive.

Don't even think of buying a Tablet, Phone or whatever, you just can't.

Plus, they want us to buy the shitty laptops/netbooks that are manufactured here in Argentina, like Bangho for example, I think we also produce Lenovo, but I like them.

Not to mention we also have restrictions importing books... yes, books!

[digitalengineer]

I'm very curious why you would want to move to Argentina. I've just read a blog from a guy (Ferfal) about moving out of Argentina because of all the violence, repression and hardship. 'Surviving Argentina' He predicted this news as well. http://ferfal.blogspot.nl/search/label/Argentine%20Collapse

"They investigated your finances if you bought a big screen TV for the world cup or send your kids to a private school. In a way they “nationalized” and ruined private health care by including every crappy social medical plan into private health care services that used to be of acceptable quality. They banned the purchase of foreign currency, pretty much froze importations even taking a Fahrenheit 451 twist when they banned the importation of books, like a poor taste Bradburian joke.

No one saw this coming? Really? Hey, those guys that said Argentina was great for expats and that expropriation wasn’t a risk, I suppose they crawled back under a rock in Salta or somewhere."

Is Spain in such a terrible state that Argentina looks better? Any thoughts?

[rdl]

A friend of mine recently moved from California to Argentins to be with a guy (sigh). It is even worse because she is ethnically Chinese, so people see her on the street and assume she works in a laundry, when in fact she is a PhD holding research scientist and manager at a Fortune 50.

Unless you have weird ties to Argentina like this, it seems irrational to move there.

[forgottenpaswrd]

"Is Spain in such a terrible state that Argentina looks better? "

I have a friend that is from Argentina and says "And you call this "crysis"?" referring to Spain, where he lives.

In Spain things are not that bad, yet. Spain is over indebted, so is USA.

[dysoco]

I moved to Argentina because my parents moved, I'm not 18 yet. Basically my father has more job here.

I plan to move maybe... not sure where, things can change in some years.