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Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh gestures as he speaks during a press conference at the bank’s headquarters in Beirut on November 11, 2019. – Lebanon’s central bank said it would strive to maintain the local currency’s peg to the dollar and ease access to the greenback after weeks of mass protests. For two decades, the Lebanese pound has been pegged to the greenback at around 1,500 pounds to the dollar, and both currencies have been used interchangeably in daily life. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images)