Using iMessage abroad

I've been using my 4S perfectly in the US for months, and when I got to Argentina I thought I'd be able to use iMessage with my phone on airplane mode. When I got on wifi I tried to send a message as an iMessage but it failed, and after that it only allowed me to send regular text messages, which I can't/don't want to do. In settings under iMessage is says "Waiting for activation..."
Anything I can try? Yanked the SIM but it didn't do anything.

Based on other iMessage posts there is an issue at the moment that is being worked on.

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