Argentines dump their currency in northern provinces and trade with Bolivian money

Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

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With the Argentine economy in shambles, inflation out of control heading for hyper inflation, daily increases of prices, and new clamps to have access to some strong currency, --such as the US dollar, which Argentines love--, along the provincial border towns, particularly with neighboring Bolivia and Paraguay trade is done mostly with Pesos, but Bolivianos. Read full article

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Mike Summers
Shocking that a country with so much potential is run by such a bunch of morons.
Jul 19th, 2022 - 10:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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imoyaro
After the last zarzuela resulting in the death of an Argentine chantapufi trying to pass bad paper in Bolivia, the Argentines have discovered that even the Boliviano is preferable to their own paper rubbish as a medium of exchange...
Jul 19th, 2022 - 06:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Steve Potts
Got to just love those Peronists. Economic nincompoops.
Jul 19th, 2022 - 07:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jo Bloggs
Hey, here's an idea, Government of Argentina. Why don't you focus a disproportionate amount of your effort on our islands instead of facing your actual responsibilities and just tell the IMF and your investors to get stuffed.
Jul 19th, 2022 - 10:05 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Skåre Anti-K.
How very sensible of them given that any residual value of the Argentine peso, as toilet paper during the panic buying in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, has now expired.
Jul 23rd, 2022 - 10:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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