"El dólar paralelo tocó ayer los $10 en las cuevas del microcentro porteño..."

So, the Argentina peso is now valued at around a dime. No end in sight to the widening of the gap between the official and unofficial exchange rates as the "chavization" of the economy continues.

For foreign travelers there is certainly plenty of incentive to take the risk of receiving a few bad bills, to avoid changing money at the increasingly ridiculous official rate.