Uruguay Senate OKs emergency banking bill

Monday, August 5, 2002

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- Congress approved emergency legislation shoring up Uruguay's battered financial system Sunday, voting to block access to some long-term deposits in the country's two state banks.

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