https://www.facebook.com/qcoin
If fb is in fashion in Argentina it could be utilized if you had some btc to spare on an awareness campaign (just to get people using it and at the same time start a kind of viral theme):
1. get someone (or many ppl) to donate 1.5 btc for this 'awareness' campaign.
2. of the 1.5b, divide 1btc into 500 or 0.002btc ie ~50c (or whatever multiple you want).
3. get word 'out' via posters around town or through facebook or whatever works, that the 'next 500 people who like your fb page who live in Argentina will get some free btc' via facebook (ie quickcoin)
4. distribute that 0.002btc to the subsequent 500 'likes' received and at the same time:
5. tell them when they get that 0.002btc that if they send that to someone, and that person sends it to another person and that person to another person etc (like a pass the parcel game), that the first one to prove they have sent it through 20 people, that the originator will receive a prize of 0.5btc (which is the remainder of the original 1.5btc investment). This part can be changed to whatever way you want, like the prize can be shared among the 20 people for eg, but its important to get people to convince their friends to receive the btc and then they send it to someone who has to convince the next person etc.
6 repeat every time you can get 1.5btc investment.
This way you get people actively/aggressively spreading the word out and at the same time getting people to use btc (sending and receiving).
Once they dip their feet in, it opens the flood gates and they are way more likely to re-dip on their own later.
Next, once they then become aware of where they can spend btc (which is what you can do via fb posts) now that they know how to use it, it should be easier to get people to go buy btc on their own afterwards and hopefully get some more believers.
Whatever you do id always skip ideology and economics and technology when converting the average joe. keep it light, simple get them to have fun using it and just show them how fast it is and that its cool cos you can do it over facebook or apps etc. the average joe doesnt care about the things 90% of us here signed up for, so keep it simple and fun and centered around gadgets they already use: phones apps and facebook.
interesting...
I shared your comment in our facebook group (Bitcoin-Argentina) for new points of view
one problem is that 1.5btc in argentina is more than an average person earn in a month, so the amount for share it would be a bit smaller... maybe 100 satoshis, for new ones it would be interesting
other idea for meetups in bars:
when people come they pay you $X for enter, so you give them the same amount in btc in a paper wallet for buy inside drinks or whatever they want. Doing this they learn how to receive and send bitcoins in a few minutes
btw, your last paragraph it's excellent!
Thats understood about the 1.5Btc; it could be any amount really, i just did 1.5 so it would be easier to calculate in my poor brain ;p
If you try to contact a few btc rich guys to sponsor you from the usa or eu you could get lucky. there are plenty of people that want to see further adoption that might be willing to sponsor it. even try a kickstarter?
ps i just got free 0.02btc from signing up to @changetip. its just as good as quickcoin would be a great way to start a viral campaign