'We were left with nothing': Argentina's misery deepens in the pandemic 20 Apr, 2021 07:00 AM 9 minutes to read Volunteers at a soup kitchen in the slums of Buenos Aires. The pandemic has added to strains on Argentina's poor. Photo / Sarah Pabst, The New York Times Volunteers at a soup kitchen in the slums of Buenos Aires. The pandemic has added to strains on Argentina's poor. Photo / Sarah Pabst, The New York Times New York Times By: Peter S. Goodman and Daniel Politi The economy contracted by nearly 10 per cent last year, and the country faces a reckoning with the IMF over US$45 billion in debts.