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Argentina to raise public transport fares by 40% in Buenos Aires

FILE PHOTO: A boy looks at a pidgeon at the platform of Retiro train station, in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

Argentina's government will raise public transportation fares by 40% in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area in August, ending a freeze that had been in place since 2019, according to a notice published in the country's official gazette on Thursday.

The price hike, which followed a non-binding consultation, will not make up for the rise in the consumer price index, which just this year could exceed 80%, according to private estimates.

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