Men wait outside the metal-grill door of a soup kitchen in a slum, hoping to get a small serving of beef and mashed potatoes. At a barter market on the capital's outskirts, a woman tries to persuade another to exchange for her granddaughters' tiny shoes. Argentines are struggling in crisis in what was once one of the world's most prosperous nations. That caused jitters among Argentines, who have stashed away dollars as a cushion since the 2001 economic implosion, and a rush to buy scarcer dollars pushed the peso's value down. That has affected food prices in a country where most grains and other goods are transported in trucks.

Source: ABC News September 10, 2018 04:16 UTC