WANDRR,

Crossing borders often means buying short-term civil liability insurance. I tried to buy MERCOSUR before leaving Peru. The broker could only sell MERCOSUR insurance for 4-wheeled vehicles. I offered to put training wheels on my motorcycle, no success. In Brazil, I was told insurance is recommended, not required. I tried to buy insurance in Porto Velho, Brazil, but the insurance office I stopped in wasn't able to craft a policy. I didn't bother for the short time I would be in Paraguay

I bought liability insurance when I entered Argentina at Clorinda (the closest city in AR after leaving Asunción, Paraguay.) Customs didn't want to allow me to enter. After some time they reviewed and recorded my Peruvian SOAT policy, which did not cover Argentina but may have shown a pattern of buying buy insurance. I promised the officials that I would buy insurance in Clarinda and they let me in. In Clorinda, I found an insurance agent and was delighted to learn that the insurance covered these MERCOSUR countries: Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia. Buy insurance once, and you're covered for multiple countries. Peru is an associate member of the MERCOSUR agreement, which may explain why it was not covered. Or perhaps the policies are designed and marketed by region?

Bookmark this link. It returns the location and operational status of all border crossings in/out of Argentina. https://www.argentina.gob.ar/segurid...nternacionales

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Peter B
2008/09 - NJ to Costa Rica and back to NJ
2012/13 - NJ to Northern Argentina, Jamaica, Cuba and back to NJ
2023 - Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia...back to Peru.

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