I know what you mean my friend... I was there for two months in the July and August of 2003, and the people there are so misguided. Along with the poverty that accompanied the peso's crash, came the socialists, the communists, the isolationists, and every other backward political group. To see that they are aligning themselves now with Castro and Chavez doesn't speak well to their future, nor does it point towards a vacation spot hospitable towards Americans. I guess I will have to try Montevideo, though Uruguay doesnt look to be much better these days. Cheers!
If you earned it here...$$$ spend it here...$$$. Screw them!
The Argentines have always seemed to be distressing, but then that may be a more Brasilian perspective. Isn't their economy (Arg's) rather drastically pegged to the dollar ("dollarized")?
Well, there go my plans to visit Buenos Aires. Rio might still be fun. You think?
As for alignment with Castro, something else is in the wind IMHO. Everyone thinks Fidel is going to die soon so it seems that others are jockeying for his international position and reputation. We'll see what happens after Fidel's funeral and a general revolution against tyrany in Cuba begins. I've been to Havana and know how those people yearn for freedom.