Customers shopping during the opening of a Decathlon sporting goods store in Buenos Aires, Argentina. — Sarah Pabst/The New York Times
SOME Argentines had taken buses from neighbouring cities and camped outside overnight. Many others arrived at a Buenos Aires parking lot at dawn, forming a line stretching six blocks – a mixture of baggy eyes and determination.
They were not waiting for a pope, a king, or Taylor Swift. They were queueing to enter a budget sporting goods store.
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