'Chachos' or pesos in one Argentine province
by editors@theworld.org (Patti Daniels) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6RJ21)
The governor of La Rioja province in Argentina has put an alternate currency called "chachos" into circulation. Printing and distributing the new local currency is meant to offset the sky-rocketing inflation of the national currency. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler explain that it's also a rebuke to President Javier Milei's economic policies.