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The Argentine Workers’ Confederation and social organizations mobilized today in the city of Buenos Aires to demand food and jobs from the government of President Javier Milley.
The call was led by the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), two branches of the Argentine Workers’ Central (CTA), social organizations and left-wing groups, with the slogan “Peace, bread, land, roof and work”.
The mobilization began in the Liniers neighborhood in the west of the capital and followed nearly 16 kilometers to the center of the Plaza de Mayo in front of the government building, where organizers read out a social and cultural document in which they rejected the economic policies of the executive branch and also denounced the “food, social and labor emergency.”
Pablo Moyano, co-secretary general of the CGT, assured local media that this Wednesday’s mobilization is “a continuation of a battle plan that will deepen if the government continues to see only reality.”
“National workers have decided to take to the streets again on this day to demand that President Milley take two things from us: bread and jobs,” said Rodolfo Aguiar, secretary general of the National Workers’ Association (ATE).
The union leader stressed that “pay cuts, massive layoffs and budget adjustments are translating into a clear deterioration in all public services.”
Daniel Catalano, secretary general of the ATE capital chapter, stressed the importance of “solidarity” among workers and called for “enough is enough for Mire.”
The document, read out by union and social leaders, said the Argentine administration was “leaving hundreds of thousands of families across the country to hunger and unemployment”.
“In eight months of administration, they have brought poverty to over 55 percent and more than 20 people in poverty. These are not just numbers: this is the story of every family that no longer has a roof over its head, no bread on the table, no work, because of the cruelty that rules us,” the text added.
The document warned that “all rights of this government are at risk. Social, economic, political, cultural. Because they govern a small part of the country.”
The demonstration included a national workers’ strike that began at 12:00 pm local time, but was rejected by the central government.
Presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni questioned the mobilization and said it was led by “politicians responsible for the economic disaster that this government inherited on December 10.”
Moreover, he assured, during a press conference held at the Governor’s Palace, that the current government is “committed to eliminating the evils that have plagued Argentina for decades” and that “those that were part of the problem” “will not be part of the solution”.
Argentina faces a challenging economic environment. Recent data released by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses show that consumption is still suffering from the economic recession, an impact that has been made more severe by the harsh fiscal adjustment measures implemented by the executive branch, including cuts in public spending, as well as a tightening of monetary policy.
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