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Argentina Secures Billions From China While Expat Ignores Margin Call For Surf Trip

While Argentina desperately renews its nineteen-billion-dollar currency swap with China to stave off total economic oblivion, an American expat living in Todos Santos has officially left his WhatsApp financial group on read. Dave claims global macroeconomic contagion is a state of mind that dissolves the moment the afternoon offshore winds kick in. The international monetary system is hurtling toward a fiery abyss, yet the real crisis here is that the local artisanal mezcal joint ran out of limes.

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