Inflation in Argentina leaves families struggling to feed themselves
Gimena Páez could barely pay her bills BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Gimena Páez could barely pay her bills. Then inflation in Argentina started rising even faster. The value of the country's currency plunged, making most goods nearly unobtainable. Getting enough food for herself and her 11-year-old daughter became a daily struggle. Inflation has been a problem across the world but Argentina is second in a World Bank ranking of countries with the highest food inflation. On Friday, Argentina's state-run INDEC statistics agency said that the inflation in food prices over the 12 months ending in April was 115%. That has been topped only by Lebanon, with a whopping 352%. Life was never easy for the neighbors of Nueva Pompeya, a lower-middle-class neighborhood where Páez lives at the southern end of Argentina’s capital. These days, for many in Argentina, paying bills and getting to the end of the month have taken a backseat to a more basic problem: getting enough to eat. Argentina’s a...