'Down to zero': Argentine farms, hotels and theatres sideswiped as coronavirus spreads
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's recession- and debt-wracked economy was ill prepared for the closed borders and long-distance travel ban prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, which has slammed businesses like that of local hotelier Patricia Durán. Bookings have dried up for the owner of two hotels in the northern province of Misiones, home to South America's famous Iguazu Falls."This is like an Egyptian plague," said Durán, president of the tourism chamber in the province. "We went from..