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http://en.mercopress.com/2012/08/14/buenos-aires-city-underground-service-back-running-after-ten-day-strike
10 painful days of commuting problems are over...temporarily...for some 600,000 residents of greater Buenos Aires.
A halt has been called on the city's subway strike.
Subway workers still want a 28% raise...and underlying the bitter strike is the power struggle between President Cristina Kirchner...and Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri...the leading replacement for Cristina in a few years.
The contentious issues are...who controls the metro..and who will pay for the system's much needed improvements.
Macri demands continued subsidies...and Cristina wants to cut back or eliminate them.
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