"The government takes its decisions thinking about the Argentine people and not what the US or the Spanish government think, " Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo said.

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The first to arrive was a beaming Florencio Avalos, who stepped out of the "Fenix-2" capsule, named for the mythical bird that rose from ashes.

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