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A Normal Day in Peronia

In a forgotten continent called America, just to the south, almost closer to the ocean, is Peronia. Peronia has existed since 1946, when a soldier along with trade unionists took the presidency as a hostage. From then until today, the citizens of Peronia continue to follow the same rules: high controls that regulate life, inflation, impossibility to invest in the long term, and are forced to save on their devalued currency: the peso. I write just before the general strike, unions organized to stop the country, ordinary citizens will not receive tomorrow's salary, if they are forced to work they will have to pay triple or more to be able to move to their jobs and then return home. Since today the day has been complicated, the ATMs crowded with people, want to have cash, yes, for these citizens is essential in case they can not pay with debit or credit card, yes, in a world where electronic transfers and bitcoin already exists as currency. I went to a hotel in...