“A new series of peso bills featuring heroes and heroines”. So what? Does this improvised make up restore value to our banknotes? Does it make any difference if they show faces of patriots, landscapes, plants, animals, planets, you name it. Besides, I bet that if San Martín, Belgrano or Güemes came back to life for a while, they would refuse to take the rap for our unstoppable inflation. They wouldn’t feel honored. On the contrary.
Why don’t they print 5 or 10 thousand pesos banknotes instead, taking into account that nothing costs less than one thousand. On second thought, if they did, those of us who get the minimum pension, would only collect a couple of banknotes. Oh, well … another smoke curtain. Cheap packaging, that’s all. Show must go on …