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Byline: Joseph Contreras
The famously fertile Argentine pampa is booming. A combination of record soya prices and the draconian devaluation of the Argentine peso has brought newfound prosperity to places like Carlos Tejedor, a farming town of 5,000 located 500 kilometers west of Buenos Aires. On the eve of Argentina's economic meltdown at the end of 2001, the town made national headlines when the six-figure debts of a local cattle rancher drove the father of three young children to commit suicide. These days the news coming out of Carlos Tejedor is decidedly more upbeat. New Chevrolet S-10 and Ford Ranger pickups roar through its streets, and soaring demand for ...