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Protest continues; farmers halt grain exports

05/28/08 15:20

The tension between the farmers and the government is still on after talks have been stalled.

Because of increased export taxes --40% on most grains-- farmers have been protesting for more than two months now, some of them even reaching the point of burning their farms and sending smoke to the cities.

It looks like now, they threat to suspend grain and meat shipments.

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Argentinizing Aerolineas rises fees

Ironically, it used to be that Argentina's leading domestic airline--its flag carrier, in fact--was controlled by a Spanish group. Good thing that the carrier, Aerolineas Argentinas, is already 'Argentinizing'.

But is it really good? The airline raised its domestic air rates by 18%.

Link: Mercopress

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