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Argentina Clears Near $10B Debt With IMF

HeadlineJan 04, 2006

In Argentina, the government announced Tuesday it has paid pay off the entirety of a nearly $10 billion dollar debt to the International Monetary Fund. Argentina borrowed over $13 billion dollars following a devastating economic collapse in December 2001 — a collapse many Argentines blamed on economic policies encouraged by the IMF.

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