Hundreds of Argentines frantically try to force the Banco de la Nacion
to re-open and sell them U.S. dollars after it closed for the day,
leaving many still standing on line outside their Buenos Aires
headquarters, January 31, 2002. Thousands of angry Argentines lined up
at banks to protect their savings by buying dollars, frightened that
government efforts to end a brutal recession and financial chaos could
soon throw the peso currency into a tailspin. REUTERS/Rickey Rogers

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