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Customs Regulations
Argentine officials are generally courteous and reasonable toward tourists. Electronic items, including
laptops, cameras and cell phones, can be brought into the country duty free, provided they are not intended
for resale. If you have a lot of electronic equipment, however, it may be useful to have a typed list of the
items you are carrying (including serial numbers) or a pile of purchase receipts.
Depending on where you have been, officials focus on different things. Travelers south-bound from the
central Andean countries may be searched for drugs, and those from bordering countries will have fruit and
vegetables confiscated.
PRACTICALITIES
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Popular newspapers include leftist
Página 12
(
www.pagina12.com.ar
)
, centrist
Clarín
(
www.clarin.com.ar
) and moderate
La Nación
(
www.lanacion.com.ar
). The
Buenos Aires Herald
(
www.buenosairesherald.com
) is the city's English-language daily.
»
There are dozens of radio stations in BA. For tango there's FM 92.7, for Argentine rock try FM
98.3 and for Argentine folk music it's FM 98.7.
»
National channels include Canal 2, 9, 11 and 13. Canal 7 has many educational and cultural pro-
grams.
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Argentina uses the metric system.
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Smoking is banned in most public spaces such as restaurants, cafes, bars and buses.
