Source: Foreign Policy In Focus
by Walden Bello
“At the heart of Buenos Aires lies the lovely Calle Florida. The experience of walking through this street that is exclusively dedicated to pedestrians was anything but lovely though, since in the one kilometer from one end to the other I was besieged (albeit politely) by some 200 men and women barking, ‘Cambio, cambio’, competing to give me the most pesos for my dollars. It’s a seller’s market, with the ‘Benjamins’ ($100 notes) especially valued. When I began my walk at one end of the street, I was offered 1,100 pesos to the dollar; by the time I reached the other end, the offer had climbed up to 1,400. The online price that morning was 963 pesos. I thought I had a good deal, but an Argentine friend later told me I could have done better.” (09/24/24)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/milei-argentina-chainsaw