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| Argentine farmers extend strike | Argentine farmers extend strike |
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| Argentine farmers have extended their six-day strike by a further week in protest at what they call crippling taxes on their exports. | Argentine farmers have extended their six-day strike by a further week in protest at what they call crippling taxes on their exports. |
| The decision came after a day of angry protests by farmers across the country. | The decision came after a day of angry protests by farmers across the country. |
| The farmers refuse to allow the export of grain but have decided to lift their ban on the export of beef. | The farmers refuse to allow the export of grain but have decided to lift their ban on the export of beef. |
| The Argentine government says the farmers can afford to pay and that it needs the money to fight poverty and control inflation. | The Argentine government says the farmers can afford to pay and that it needs the money to fight poverty and control inflation. |
| Argentina's farm leaders are angry at what they say is government intransigence. | Argentina's farm leaders are angry at what they say is government intransigence. |
| The government accuses the farmers of being greedy and says it will not back down. | The government accuses the farmers of being greedy and says it will not back down. |
| It adds that the farmers can afford to pay the export taxes imposed on Soya, which fetches high prices on world markets. | |
| The farmers say their protest rallies will continue across Argentina. | The farmers say their protest rallies will continue across Argentina. |
| This dispute has been dragging on for more than 80 days. And with each day that passes, ordinary Argentines are becoming increasingly disgruntled at the two sides' failure to find any common ground. | This dispute has been dragging on for more than 80 days. And with each day that passes, ordinary Argentines are becoming increasingly disgruntled at the two sides' failure to find any common ground. |
| Prices in the shops are rising. And Argentina is one of the world's biggest producers of wheat, beef and Soya. | Prices in the shops are rising. And Argentina is one of the world's biggest producers of wheat, beef and Soya. |
| So a prolonged dispute will inevitably have an impact on international food prices which are already causing concern, and hunger, in some countries. | So a prolonged dispute will inevitably have an impact on international food prices which are already causing concern, and hunger, in some countries. |