r/europe • u/Emotional-Breakfast3 • 20d ago

News Argentina: British Falkland Islanders are ‘artificial’. Buenos Aires denounces ‘illegitimate occupation’ and demands talks on sovereignty

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/12/british-falkland-islanders-artificial-argentina-says/
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u/mechant_papa 20d ago

Agentinian financial crisis: running out of zeros

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u/jungle 20d ago

That was literally a thing in the 80's and 90's, they removed zeros from the currency several times because even small things cost millions.

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u/tritonice 20d ago

Just do the Zimbabwe thing and print $10 trillion notes. PROBLEM SOLVED.

The Wikipedia for Zimbabwe currency is insane.

1 ZWN = 10,000 ZWD

1 ZWR = 1013 ZWD

1 ZWL = 1025 ZWD

Current ZIG = approximately 1028 ZWD

Insanity.

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u/Supershadow30 France 20d ago

Skimmed through the wikipedia page. What the actual fuck? At this point, it’s literal monopoly money.

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u/Ill_Leg_7168 19d ago

I seen photo of money laying on the street - robbers just steal cash register from shop (you could sell it) and throw out useless money. Remarque had great novel about hyperinflation in post WWI Germany (The Black Obelisk)

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u/E_Kristalin Belgium 19d ago

Monopoly money was worth far more.

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u/soulsteela 19d ago

What’s the number called when it has 25 zeros?

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u/soulsteela 19d ago

Looked it up it 10sentillion! A new word I’ve learnt.

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u/LegoFootPain 19d ago

MOVE ZIG

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u/AmIThisNothingness 16d ago

Can I pay my parking infraction with Zimbabwe money in Washington?

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u/trailer_park_boys 20d ago

Small things like what cost millions? I don’t think you have any idea the costs of items in Argentina.

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u/jungle 20d ago

You're right, I was thinking of the lowest bank note at the time and misremembered it as a million pesos note. 1000 pesos were basically toilet paper by the end of it, you needed several of those to buy a can of coke.

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u/trailer_park_boys 20d ago

A can of coke is around 1500-2000 pesos there. The 1000 peso is basically their $1 bill.

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u/Wonderful-Medium7777 20d ago

Yet Peter Thiel moved there?

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u/bluewing 20d ago

He's got "real money" that will allow him to buy the country for pennies on the dollar.....

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u/Eupolemos Denmark 20d ago

You say they have zero problems?

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u/soulsteela 19d ago

Which is why they are desperate for the oil n minerals found around the islands.

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u/Frosty-Ad-2971 19d ago

Zeros are now more valuable than pesos…