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America News Buenos Aires - Tens of thousands of Argentines gathered Tuesday in Buenos Aires' central Plaza de Mayo to support President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner as she faced down a 20-day road blockade by farmers.
The rally was a show of force by trade unions, social movements and local authorities loyal to the populist Peronist movement, of which Fernandez is a representative.
Scores of thousands of people took to the historic Plaza de Mayo before the seat of the Argentine government, and several ministers and high government officials and provincial governors were seen in the stands.
'I want to thank the Argentine people for this crowd, which has not come to defend a political outburst or a sector. I am thankful for the presence of thousands and thousands of Argentines who have come to defend their country, the Argentine nation,' Fernandez said in a heated speech.
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