I just lost my debit card and am experiencing the situation you are describing. The key is to have a good friend at home who can check your mail regularly (provided you still have a home address, if you sold your house than hopefully you changed the home address of your credit card to your friend´s address) and send you the new card. Try to have a debit card and a credit card and keep them in different places so if you lose one you will have a back up. Unfortunately, I already lost my credit card in Costa Rica, but I still had an emergency stash of $100 US which let me drive 300 miles to a contacts house. The contact is a nice guy and I am going to Paypal him US dollars and convert them to Paraguayan Guarani. I will have my new debit card sent to Buenos Aires. You can have your bank overnight your new debit card for a $15-$20 fee.
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