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Weekly Report - 26 March 2009 (WR-09-12)

ARGENTINA: Fernández employs divide and conquer strategy

President Cristina Fernández has made a bold move to split the unofficial alliance between Argentina's powerful farming unions and provincial governors. It follows her bid to divide the opposition by moving forward mid-term legislative elections [WR-09-11]. Fernández offered to provide the governors with a large chunk of the revenue obtained from the 35% tax on soya on the proviso that they put some of the money into public works projects. The opposition accused her of a cynical manoeuvre to bribe the governors to undercut support for the farming unions, who are demanding the tax is scrapped, and to back government congressional candidates.

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