Tens of thousands of protesters in Buenos Aires marched for clean water, enough food for soup kitchens, and a universal basic income to be provided by the government of Argentina for the unemployed and informal workers making less than the stipulated minimum wage.
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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.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Formosa after COVID quarantine was reinstated due to only 30 cases detected, in the northern province already grappled by poverty and draconian restrictions in the beginning of the pandemic.
Hundreds of Argentinians gathered in the city of Maipú in the province of Mendoza after the femicide of a 14-year-old girl. Demonstrators began to clash with police at the local seat of government, later setting it on fire and nearly burning it down with several explosions occurring within the town hall.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Esquel and Trelew, 2 towns in Chubut province, against a mega-mining operation in the area that would harm the ecosystem that was approved by the governor. Other protests also occurred in Rawson, with provincial police cracking down on the march and arresting several people.
Protesters gathered in the thousands in Argentina demonstrating against pension cuts, which were later canceled by the left-leaning government. Police were extremely short on numbers and were very quickly beaten back by 4,000 people in Buenos Aires. Protesters gathered in the thousands in Argentina demonstrating against pension cuts, which were later canceled by the left-leaning government. Police were extremely short […]
4000 police officers arrived in Guérnica on the 29th to evict 1400 families living there that had not been able to pay their rent amid the pandemic, with protests going on nearby and the population resisting. At the end of the day, the Argentinian police killed 2 people and successfully carried out the operation. 4000 police officers arrived in Guérnica […]