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Money exchange: The Arbolitos of la Florida are competing with the kiosks

Money exchange: The Arbolitos of la Florida are competing with the kiosks

Monday May 18, 2015

Changing dollars or other foreign currencies stopped to be an activity exclusively for the Arbolitos – people who owe their name to the fact that they are standing at the same place all day exchanging (green) dollar bills, the color of the trees – at Florida Street in the city center of Buenos Aires. These days, several kiosks have also joined the exchange circuit.

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