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Argentina’s president says she will not negotiate with farmers striking over rising taxes until they end their protests.
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A strike by Argentine farmers over rising export taxes heads into a third week, with little sign of resolution.
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Argentine farmers vow to continue road blockades in protest at rising export taxes, as shops report shortages.
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Mexico says it will invest $21bn to ensure at least 95% of people have access to clean drinking water by 2012.
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A landslide cuts off Ecuador’s main export oil pipeline but the state oil firm says it will try to use other routes.
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Argentina and Brazil agree to build a joint nuclear reactor to address looming energy shortages.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls the US dollar “worthless” at the end of the Opec summit.
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Ecuador’s president decrees the state should take 99% of profits made by foreign oil companies in Ecuador.
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