MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Night of fire and violence in Ushuaia as protestors are evicted from Government House grounds
Ushuaia suffered a night of violence, tear and pepper gas and fire when riot police dislodged an 80-day protest camp and tents of striking teachers and government employees next to Tierra del Fuego Government House. Seven people were reported injured including a policeman and a fireman, when tents were set on fire, and unions claimed it was a savage and brutal display of government repression Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesI looked and looked but I cannot see what the problem is: it looks just as I imagined it would look, full of crap (still no repairs to the sewers) and dead-headed people.
Jun 01st, 2016 - 10:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0No change there then.
Ha, ha, ha. I shouldn't laugh. Ha, ha, ha, but I just can't help it.
Argentina's national sport !
Jun 01st, 2016 - 12:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The extravagant “ social benefits” that these workers receive in Tierra del Fuego would make even a Greek blush. Workers who spend just 25 years in Ushuaia can retire early with benefits -- as early as age 45. And people here in Tierra del Fuego don't pay tax on their earnings, so..... who is paying for those benefits? Well, naturally the government in Tierra del Fuego can't ask the people to actually pay for their government benefits, so the governor is trying to get a big loan (some US$350 million) by floating another one of those famous high-interest foreign bond sales. And we all know how well that is going to work out. Tic-tock....
Jun 01st, 2016 - 03:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The government here is changing the retirement age to 60. And the protesters aren't having it. In fact in both Tierra del Fuego and Sta Cruz provinces, the protesters have laid siege to government buildings -- for provincial governments that are bankrupt. I do so love the smell of burning tyres in the morning.
Remember that many of the protesters in Ushuaia are the local teachers, who have gone for 80 days without giving classes, and this will likely result in about a third of the local adolescents losing an entire school year.
And this is the nation that wants us to willingly join them????????????????
Jun 01st, 2016 - 09:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0ln a pig's ear.
Which Argie poster kept telling us that Ushuaia was a veritable paradise with tourists fighting to get there.
Jun 01st, 2016 - 10:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ushuaia seems to be a great place to spend two weeks breathing in the sweet smell of the hinterland, on the other hand why bother.
Jun 02nd, 2016 - 06:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0It's time to bust a few heads in Tierra del Fuego, and change the national heroes.
Jun 02nd, 2016 - 09:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We see today that the portrait of Che Guevara is finally going to be removed from the Kirchnerist “Galería de los Patriotas Latinoamericanos” in the Casa Rosada.
Apparently the Kirchners were worshippers of the late Mr Guevara and his murderous reign.
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