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| 2001 |
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| Mar.21 |
Foot and mouth prevention efforts
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| Oct.19 |
Heavy rainfall floods Pampas Month of rains have flooded large swaths of the countryside, forcing the evacuation of 4,000 people
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| 2001 |
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| Aug.15 |
Argentina, Ecuador, 2-0 Argentina is qualify for the 2002 World Cup
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| Aug.16 |
Balloonist halfway around the world
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| 2001 |
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| Mar.19 |
New economy minister steps down
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| Jul.23 |
Struggling economy fuels emigration
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| Jul.27 |
Pay cuts blocked
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| Aug.3 |
IMF to accelerate $1.2 billion loan| $1.2 billion loan for Argentina and $15 billion line of emergency credit for Brazil | |
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| Sep.7 |
IMF approves $8 billion loan increase The International Monetary Fund brings total loan to $22 billion
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| Nov.1 |
New economic package President de la Rua has announced a package which will reactivate the economy after 4 years of recession
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| Dec.3 |
Defiant message amid crisis Government limits the amount of cash that can be withdrawn. Economy minister blamed speculators
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| Dec.5 |
IMF blocks loan The IMF could not hand over a $1.3bn loan payment because it had been unable to complete a review
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| Dec.14 |
Argentina meets debt deadline Argentina narrowly avoiding a default by paying a $700m instalment on national debt
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| Dec.19 |
Argentina plunges into turmoil| Economy Minister, Domingo Cavallo, has resigned. Police fired tear gas to disperse tens of thousands of angry protesters | |
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| Dec.21 |
Interim president pledges austerity Adolfo Rodriguez Saa will pursue a strict economic policy to deal with the crisis and would keep the peso, pegged to the dollar
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| Dec.23 |
Debt payments suspended| New interim president will suspend foreign debt payments, triggering the default | |
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| Dec.26 |
President promises new jobs Adolfo Rodriguez Saa promised that the jobs would be paid for with the new currency
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| 2001 |
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| Mar.10 |
Judge chases generals
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| Jun.7 |
Ex-Pres. Menem held in arms probe Menem was put under house arrest by a court investigating illegal arms sales to Ecuador and Croatia
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| Jul.2 |
'Blond Angel' surrenders to police
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| Jul.4 |
Former president indicted Carlos Menem was indicted in connection with an illegal arms sales to Ecuador and Croatia between 1991 and 1995
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| Dec.28 |
'Angel of death' re-arrested Alfredo Astiz, an ex-navy captain, has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a Swedish national in 1977
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| 2001 |
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| Mar.3 |
President asks Cabinet to resign
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| Mar.10 |
Judge chases generals
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| Mar.19 |
New economy minister steps down
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| Mar.23 |
Minister appeals for powers
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| Aug.18 |
Latin American summit back Argentina
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| Dec.19 |
Protesters burn town hall Workers are protesting at government plans to reduce wages and apply austerity measures
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| Dec.19 |
State of siege declared Violence erupted over the worsening economic crisis. Police clashed with rioters
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| Dec.19 |
Argentina plunges into turmoil| Economy Minister, Domingo Cavallo, has resigned. Police fired tear gas to disperse tens of thousands of angry protesters | |
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| Dec.20 |
President resigns| Fernando de la Rua has resigned amid unrest | | |
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| Dec.21 |
Caretaker leader named R. Puerta, the head of the Senate, will be interim president for a 48 hours until Congress chooses a successor
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| Dec.21 |
Presidential elections set for March 3 Ramon Puerta, who is the country's Senate leader, was stepping aside. He tapped Adolfo Rodriguez Saa for the post
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| Dec.28 |
'Angel of death' re-arrested Alfredo Astiz, an ex-navy captain, has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a Swedish national in 1977
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| Dec.28 |
Violence returns Police have used tear gas and water cannons. Demonstrators broke into the Congress building
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| Dec.29 |
Cabinet offers to quit All the ministers in week-old interim government have offered their resignations
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| Dec.30 |
Interim President resigns| Adolfo Rodriguez Saa resigned 7 days after taking office. He had failed to win the backing of his Peronist party | | |