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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Biller and Daniel Politi

After the dollar-loving Milei wins the presidency, Argentines anxiously watch the exchange rate

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As soon as Leandro Francisco Diana woke up Tuesday, he reached for his phone like many Argentines on the first business day after the election victory of President-elect Javier Milei.

“I opened my eyes, got my phone and looked for the price of the dollar to see how the country had awakened,” said the 26-year-old Diana, who owns a hardware store with his father in Villa Crespo, a middle-class neighborhood of Buenos Aires.

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