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Virus deepens Argentina's economic crisis as poverty soars

by Associated Press
| June 13, 2020 12:03 AM

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — As they wait out quarantine in a cramped, windowless room, Natividad Benítez brings her six children all of their meals from the soup kitchen where she earns $133 a month, barely enough to cover her rent and a few extra monthly costs.

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