Buenos Aires, Argentina (Argentine Republic)
MAN PLACES SIGN AT CLOSED CURRENCY EXCHANGE HOUSE IN BUENOS AIRES.
A man places a sign on the window of a closed exchange house showing
the dollar-peso rate, in Buenos Aires, January 3, 2002. President
Eduardo Duhalde's government decreed that foreign exchange markets are
closed but on the black market, pesos have devalued to around 1.40 to
the dollar. REUTERS/Marcos Haupa
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