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Tens of thousands of dollars found at Argentina dump

Hundred dollar bills drifting in the air and buried under trash: a "green fever" has struck an Argentinian town.

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In Argentina, which has long been wracked by high inflation and where there is deep distrust in the banking system, it is common for people to keep cash savings in dollars in their homes. Las Parejas mayor Horacio Compagnucci said his town had been struck by what he called "green madness."