Riots outside, and insults inside as Argentine Congress discusses austerity budget

Thursday, October 25th 2018 - 06:10 UTC

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Protesters opposed to proposed austerity measures clashed with police outside Argentina's Congress on Wednesday as lawmakers discussed next year's budget. Dozens of people threw rocks while police in riot gear responded with rubber bullets and water cannons. Local television said that at least twenty-seven people have been detained but there were no confirmed reports on injuries. Read full article

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The Voice
Just imagine this sort of thing outside Westminster! All we got was the longest Waitrose queue ever...
Oct 25th, 2018 - 01:47 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Enrique Massot
Small groups of well organized, masked individuals threw things at police, damaged private and public property, and provided the police with a motive to attack the demonstrators with water cannons, tear gas, rubber bullets and multiple arrestations. Videos show a policeman depositing a crow bar beside a demonstrator lying on the ground and being handcuffed. Another masked individual was pushed by demonstrators away from a private vehicle he was trying to vandalize. One provocateur was recorded prior to putting on his mask and may be identified.

Not a single one among the masked provocateurs, however, was detained.

Of course, the government was in a hurry to obtain approval for a budget that will do nothing but deepen a recession that is already spreading misery among the majority of Argentines.
Oct 25th, 2018 - 04:40 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
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rule_britannia
No points for guessing who sent these well organized, masked individuals. The other day the justice system questioned Máximo Kirchner about money from kickbacks and bribes that he allegedly distributed among members of his youth movement, La Cámpora. Pablo Moyano, the son of the most powerful trade unionist in Argentina, was also forced to appear before a judge on corruption charges. The recession is a reality but masked individuals were there to deliver a different kind of message.
Oct 25th, 2018 - 08:25 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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