Montevideo

Due to the Argentine government's restrictions on purchasing U.S. dollars, an informal exchange market known as the 'Blue Dollar' emerged, offering an unofficial exchange rate that gave double the amount of Argentine Pesos per dollar. To take advantage of this, I made two trips to Uruguay to withdraw dollars while I was staying in Buenos Aires. During these visits, I reconnected with Caetano, whom I had met a few years earlier when we sold Christmas trees together in Ålesund. On another weekend, Caetano came to visit me in Buenos Aires.Leia mais