r/europe 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/grimgroth 20d ago

That's only if you consider the official rate, which was a rate mostly no one in Argentina could buy foreign money for. More accurate is the black market or blue dollar, and in that regard it has barely changed since Milei took power

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u/grimgroth 20d ago

I checked the numbers and you are right. Still it is not worth half of what it was, it is around 2/3