Argentine farmers start new wave of protests

GUALEGUAYCHU, Argentina -- Thousands of farmers lined Argentina’s highways on Thursday in fresh protests to disrupt key grains exports and pressure the government to cut agricultural taxes.

Farmers launched the eight-day strike after breaking off weeks of talks with the government, complaining that President Cristina Fernandez had refused to modify a new system of export taxes that triggered a three-week strike in March.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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