The vessel Rio Quinto left this port today with a cargo of 260 tons of kosher meat to be used in Israel for Passover. The meat was shipped on a special license, since the Argentine Government has clamped down a temporary embargo on all meat shipments abroad. The release of the Israel-bound cargo was seen as a gesture of goodwill toward Israel.
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