[Mb-civic] Argentina Prepares to Shed Its Debt, Reenter Fiscal Markets

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Argentina Prepares to Shed Its Debt, Reenter Fiscal Markets 
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Deadline arrives for bondholders to decide whether to accept about one-third the value.

By Hector Tobar
Times Staff Writer

February 25 2005

BUENOS AIRES — Argentina is expected to complete the largest debt restructuring in history today, hoping to end the long saga of financial excess, collapse and default that has made the country's name synonymous with fiscal irresponsibility. 

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