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Byline: Patrice M. Jones
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina _Argentina's new interim president announced immediately after taking office Sunday that he will suspend payments on the nation's crippling $132 billion debt, the largest national debt default in history.
Adolfo Rodriguez Saa, a 54-year-old former governor from Argentina's now-ruling Peronist party, was officially sworn in Sunday after a tumultuous week of deadly looting and demonstrations that culminated in the resignation of president Fernando de la Rua.
Saa, whose mandate lasts about 60 days until new elections are scheduled to be held, nonetheless laid out an ambitious economic stimulus program…