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Argentina feels global financial crisis pinch
Recovery from the 2001 collapse of country's banking sector is being threatened by global economic malaise.
Last Modified: 09 Aug 2012 17:52

Argentina's economy has long been seen as a model for successful recovery from a financial crash.

Its leaders managed to steer the country to growth, following a 2001 banking sector collapse.

But the global economic crisis is threatening that recovery.

Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports from Buenos Aires.

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