Around 1,500 protesters in the Buenos Aires metropolitan city of Lomas de Zamora took to the streets demanding jobs programs, clean water for neighborhoods, and food for soup kitchens, in the midst of a crisis facing Argentina, with 42% of the population below the poverty line and a 10% unemployment rate. After clashes occurred at the municipal office, demonstrators returned to the streets in a peaceful march.
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