2Piso in Filipino; peso in English and Spanish.
Rising local demand for dollars is already putting pressure on the peso in the unofficial market.
The family's stability vanished when there was a devaluation of the Mexican peso in the 1980s.
He helped infuse money into Mexico after the crash of the peso in 1995.
When Argentina defaulted and devalued the peso, in 2001, months of economic chaos were followed by years of rapid growth.
To these handicaps was added the collapse of Mexico's peso in 1995, from which it is still trying to recover.
Would an unpopular dual-currency system be modified and the local Cuban peso, in which wages are paid, be revalued?
"I left [my house] without one peso in my pocket and I can't find my brothers and sisters".
Exports rose after a steep devaluation of the Argentine peso in 2002 made the country's beef more competitive globally.
According to Argentine law, the central bank is required to hold a dollar for every peso in circulation.
He argued that Americans generally are unaware of the enormous progress Mexico has enjoyed since a devastating collapse in the peso in 1994.
