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Argentine unions plot British cargo ship delays
Argentine maritime workers are intensifying a boycott of container ships carrying British goods. They hope to pressure Britain to negotiate with Argentina over the disputed Falkland Islands.Britain says it won't discuss the sovereignty of the South Atlantic archipelago as long as the islanders want to remain British.Argentine maritime union leader Enrique Omar Suarez was meeting with other union leaders

Argentina says oil company owes $8 mn in tax
/EFE) Argentina's Treasury has prohibited oil company YPF, controlled by Spain's Repsol-YPF, from making any imports or exports until it pays an $8 million tax debt, officials said Wednesday.

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Argentine lawmakers double their own salaries
/EFE) Argentine lawmakers' decision to give themselves a 100 percent raise in the face of spending cuts and the executive branch's pleas for restraint sparked a fierce controversy Monday.

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Ban urges dialogue in dispute over Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday voiced hope that Argentina and the United Kingdom can avoid escalating their dispute over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) and resolve their differences through dialogue.

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Argentine oil firm made $3 bn investments in 2011
/EFE) Argentine oil company YPF, a unit of Spain's Repsol-YPF, announced Wednesday that its investments in the South American country rose last year by 50 percent to a record 13.3 billion pesos ($3.06 billion).

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Julio Iglesias to hold concerts in Argentina
/EFE) Spanish singer Julio Iglesias will hold a series of concerts in Argentina.

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