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Argentinian ministers dismiss opposition general strike
Unions take urgent action for higher pay in the face of 30% inflation

Argentinian ministers have blamed an unrepresentative opposition for Thursday’s paralysing general strike.

The national stoppage shut down air, train and bus traffic, closed businesses and ports and emptied classrooms.

It also stopped all non-emergency hospital procedures and left rubbish uncollected in emptied streets.

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