Argentine gov't holds rally to show strength
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-06-19 12:41
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| Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (L) reacts as she embraces former President Nestor Kirchner after her speech at a rally in front of the Casa Rosada Government Palace in Buenos Aires, June 18, 2008. Argentina's government held a massive rally in the center of the capital on Wednesday, seeking to show its strength in a bitter three-month dispute with farmers over export taxes. The conflict has eroded the popularity of President Cristina Fernandez, and in an effort to ease tensions she asked Congress on Tuesday to ratify the tax hike on soy exports that triggered the country's deepest political crisis in six years. [Agencies] |
