International Business News - Rebellion http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Thousands of farmers plan to mark the end of a 30-day "truce" with the government over export tax hikes by taking to the streets again this weekend _ but without blocking roads or causing the food shortages that crippled the country during a farm strike in March. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/argentine-farmers-on-alert-as-truce-ends.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 21:24:30 EDT Cattle trucks returned to the main stockyard in the Argentina capital Thursday after a 21-day farm strike against rising export taxes, but shortages of beef and produce remained a headache for consum... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080403/argentine-strike-ends-shortages-persist.htm Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:39:22 EDT Argentine farmers rebelling over soaring export taxes on their crops on Wednesday suspended a three-week-long strike that has stripped grocery shelves of beef and produce, granting Cristina Fernandez... http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/37779-argentina-farmbelt-rebellion.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080402/argentine-farmers-suspend-strike.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080402/argentine-farmers-suspend-strike.htm Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:58:49 EDT President Cristina Fernandez blasted striking farmers at a rally of 20,000 supporters Tuesday, comparing their nearly three-week-old protest to a 1976 strike that sowed chaos one month before a milit... http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/37600-brazil-dengue.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080402/argentine-president-end-farm-protests.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080402/argentine-president-end-farm-protests.htm Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:56:59 EDT Dissident shareholders belittled CNet Networks Inc.'s leadership as incompetent and lackadaisical in its latest efforts to steer the slumping technology news and entertainment company in a new direc... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080401/cnet-dissidents-outline-turnaround-plan.htm Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:12:24 EDT President Cristina Fernandez on Monday urged striking Argentine farmers to end a 19-day national walkout after offering some concessions but refusing to roll back a disputed tax increase that sparked the farmbelt rebellion. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080401/argentine-president-fights-farm-protest.htm Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:53:27 EDT Farmers seething at export taxes on their crops resumed their blockades of rural highways on Saturday after talks failed to end a 17-day-old strike that has halted grain exports and emptied supermarket shelves of meat. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/37059-argentina-farmbelt-rebellion.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080329/argentine-farmers-set-up-new-barricades.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080329/argentine-farmers-set-up-new-barricades.htm Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:07:44 EDT Argentine farmers announced a temporary truce in a 16-day strike on Friday, but marathon talks with the government failed to yield an immediate agreement over disputed export tax hikes. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/36960-argentina-farmbelt-rebellion.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080329/no-progress-in-argentine-farm-talks.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080329/no-progress-in-argentine-farm-talks.htm Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:41:31 EDT Argentine farmers have announced a temporary truce in a 16-day strike to open talks with the government over disputed tax increases. The announcement came Friday after the striking farmworkers temporarily lifted major roadblocks on several highways. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080328/striking-argentine-farmers-ok-talks.htm Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:21:03 EDT President Cristina Fernandez refused Thursday to back down from her demand that Argentine farmers lift a nationwide strike, deepening a bitter crisis over tax hikes on export crops. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/36760-argentina-farmbelt-rebellion.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080327/argentine-president-rebuffs-farmers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080327/argentine-president-rebuffs-farmers.htm Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:28:02 EDT Striking farmers blockading Argentine roadways said Thursday they are willing to hold talks with the government if it is prepared to roll back a major tax hike on soybeans and other farm exports. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080327/striking-argentine-farmers-propose-talks.htm Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:19:39 EDT Striking farmers built new highway blockades around Argentina's agricultural heartland Wednesday in a standoff with the president over tax increases on major export crops. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/36608-aptopix-argentina-farmbelt-rebellion.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080327/argentine-farm-protest-enters-third-week.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080327/argentine-farm-protest-enters-third-week.htm Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:22:30 EDT Large, pot-banging protests rang through Argentine cities for the first time in years after the president rejected negotiations with farmers and ranchers over increased export taxes on agricultural goods. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/36400-argentina-farm-strike.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/thousands-join-argentine-farm-protests.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/thousands-join-argentine-farm-protests.htm Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:29:01 EDT President Cristina Fernandez refused to ease tax hikes on agricultural exports Tuesday, facing down angry farmers embroiled in a nationwide strike that has all but halted production in one of the world's biggest beef-exporting nations. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/36398-argentina-farm-strike.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/argentine-farm-strike-tests-president.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/argentine-farm-strike-tests-president.htm Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:46:01 EDT President Cristina Fernandez refused to ease tax hikes on agricultural exports Tuesday, facing down angry farmers embroiled in a strike that has all but halted production in one of the world's biggest beef-eating and beef-exporting nations. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/36396-argentina-farm-strike.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/farm-ranch-protests-grip-argentina.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/farm-ranch-protests-grip-argentina.htm Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:50:05 EDT Shops in Argentina are going empty of beef, eggs and cooking oil as farmers and ranchers revolt against tax hikes. Farmers and ranchers are blockading highways and dumping soybeans, cotton and other crops on the roads to protest a new government tax hike on exports. Argentina's biggest agricultural strike in decades is now entering its 13th day, with traffic jams reported Tuesday throughout the vast farmbelt. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/36289-argentina-farm-strike.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080325/argentine-farm-strike-enters-13th-day.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080325/argentine-farm-strike-enters-13th-day.htm Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:47:50 EDT