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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentina's state news agency said the president's top aide has resigned following the Senate's rejection of a government-backed export tax hike.
Cabinet chief Alberto Fernandez announces last week the Argentine goverment had backed off the export tax hike.
Cabinet chief Alberto Fernandez's resignation comes the same day as that of the agriculture secretary, Javier Maria De Urquiza.
The resignations are the first major shake-up for Cristina Fernandez's administration after the July 17 Senate defeat.
The tax hike decreed in March led to widespread protests by farmers and sporadic food shortages in Argentina.
The state news agency Telam reported Fernandez's resignation on Wednesday.
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