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Argentine Senate votes against hike in farm tariffs

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The farm crisis that has divided the agricultural powerhouse of Argentina for months took a dramatic turn Thursday, when the Senate voted against the government’s incendiary new tax on grain exports.

The decisive vote was cast by the government’s own vice president after an 18-hour Senate debate, stunning observers and igniting a political crisis, writes Patrick J. McDonnell of the L.A. Times.

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-- Deborah Bonello in Los Angeles

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