An update on Argentina’s farmer protests and concerns of political instability

Farmers in Argentina have been protesting in the streets for months after President Cristina Fern-ndez de Kirchner implemented a soybean export tax increase without congressional consent. The decision has led to plummeting approval ratings, strife within the Argentine government, and civic unrest in a country previously dominated by the Executive. With Argentina’s congress close to a vote on the tax hike, The Takeaway talks with Paul Scheltus, a blogger and reporter covering the situation from Buenos Aires. Guest: Paul Scheltus, freelance writer for The Independent (of London) and blogger