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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Miguel Lo Bianco and Lucila Sigal

Metal worker, soccer coach, honey salesman: three jobs to beat Argentina's 100% inflation

Jorge Pedro Armoa, 67, works with metal in one of his three jobs to beat Argentina's over 100% inflation rate, in 9 de Abril, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina March 21, 2023. REUTERS/Tomas Cuesta

As Argentina's over 100% inflation rate saps earning power and outstrips wages, Jorge Pedro Armoa, 67, has found a painful solution: juggling three jobs as a metal worker, soccer coach and part-time salesman of medical creams, flip flops and honey.

Armoa, who lives in a small home in the outskirts of capital city Buenos Aires, gets up early every day for his seven-day working week to stave off poverty that affects almost four in 10 people in the South American country.

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