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Argentine border police arrest regional farm leader Alfredo De Angel for blocking Highway 14 near the border with Uruguay at Gualeguyachu,
14 Jun 2008
Source: Reuters
 
REFILE - ADDING FARMER'S NAME Argentine border police arrest regional farm leader Alfredo De Angel for blocking Highway 14 near the border with Uruguay at Gualeguyachu, 240 km (150 miles) north of Buenos Aires, June 14, 2008. Argentine police faced off against truckers and farmers blocking a crucial rural highway on Saturday, a day after the government resolved to break up blockades amid a three-month standoff with farmers over export taxes on soybeans. REUTERS/Bernardino Avila (ARGENTINA)
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An Argentine farmer waves the national flag as border police confront him and other farmers for blocking Highway 14 near the border with Uruguay at Gualeguyachu, 240 km (150 miles) north ...


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