"just hop on a boat to Uruguay and come back the next day" Not to mention there are nice places here in Uruguay you can visit :) . Buenos Aires is a nice city

"just hop on a boat to Uruguay and come back the next day" Not to mention there are nice places here in Uruguay you can visit :) . Buenos Aires is a nice city, but as ZempIT mentioned, the current political and economic climate is not very good. Edit: and I think this might be an understatement. Opposition is mounting against Cristina Kirchner's government, inflation is over 25%, and I wouldn't be surprised to see major unrest: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20417517 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20417517