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Dollar Staggers out of Ditch for Brief Day in the Sun

October 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Daily Life in Lima, Looking Back at the United States, Money, Economics, Politics

For the last 14 months in Peru, the value of the U.S. dollar has been tanking. That trend really hurts when you’re an expat, like me, who still keeps a bank account in the U.S.
When El Fotógrafo and I arrived in Lima in July 2007, the dollar was trading at 3.3 Peruvian soles. We didn’t [...]

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