Argentine Shopkeepers Struggle To Keep Pace With Soaring Prices

Annual inflation is already at 143 percent, and prices have risen further after the outgoing government this week eased price controls on basic goods (Credit: AFP)

Paola Basso sighs as she hastily sticks price tags one on top of the other in a suburb of Buenos Aires, as the cost of goods soars after the election of libertarian outsider Javier Milei.

"It doesn't stop," Basso said.