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Argentine farmers resume strike

Farmers in Argentina decided Wednesday to resume a strike that cut exports, blocked roads and emptied store shelves last month.

SI.com: Gregory Sica: Argentine clubs no longer Libertadores shoo-ins

When it comes to the Copa Libertadores, no country compares to the dominance of Argentina. Since Independiente gave Argentina its first title victory in 1964, clubs from the soccer-mad nation have accounted for 21 trophies, far more than any other country, including Brazil.

'Dirty War' witness freed after being captured

A human rights activist whose disappearance prompted an intense government manhunt in Argentina said Thursday he was released by his captors after being tied up and beaten.

Argentina's economy minister steps down

Argentina's economy minister has resigned in the wake of a crippling farmers' strike that emptied store shelves and cut exports, the country's news agency reported.

Smoke chokes Argentina's capital

Smoke blanketed the Argentine capital Friday as brush fires apparently set deliberately consumed thousands of acres in the provinces of Buenos Aires and Entre Ríos.

Olympic torch arrives in Argentina

As government billboards called on residents in Buenos Aires to enjoy Friday's planned leg of the Olympic torch run, officials in the Argentine capital were planning for possible disruptions such those that have occurred in other relay cities.

SI.com: Mark Bechtel: MLS opens a pipeline to hemisphere's soccer hotbeds

Sublime skills aside, the three finalists for last year's MVP award had two things in common: All were newcomers to MLS, and all are Latino.

Striking farmers resume blockades in Argentina

Argentine farmers seething at export taxes on their crops resumed blockades of rural highways Monday after talks failed to end a 19-day-old strike that has halted grain exports and emptied supermarket shelves of meat.

'Dirty war' officer sent back to Argentina

Former Argentine officer Ricardo Miguel Cavallo was put on a commercial flight to Argentina on Monday to face charges of human rights abuses, a police source told CNN.

Argentina begins yellow fever vaccinations

Argentinians planning to travel to the northern part of the country, Brazil and Paraguay were lining up for vaccinations Tuesday, because of a yellow fever breakout that has killed at least 21 people in the region.

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