Argentina: Hundreds protest over quarantine and other measures
Hundreds of Argentines took to the streets again on Saturday across the country to protest against the quarantine and the economic measures adopted by the government, especially regarding judicial reform and the dollar.
The flag in Misiones, Neuquen, Córdoba, Bahía Blanca, La Plata, Mendoza, Rosario and other cities in the country was repeated for the second consecutive Saturday, with hundreds of people carrying the colors of the Argentine flag in the streets and showing their anger with cacerolazos. . Many came to the march in cars to maintain social distancing measures.
The protesters, belonging to opposition sectors of the government, protested against the quarantine and judicial reform undertaken by the government and the displacement of three judges who investigated the causes of alleged corruption on the part of Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Also against the economic measures around the dollar, just days after restrictions on the purchase of the savings dollar were announced.
"Politicians have to exist but those who are corrupt" have to go where they belong, explained Patricio, a 71-year-old protester who preferred not to reveal his last name, to The Associated Press. "People got tired, if they don't do what corresponds this country will end."
Patricio, self-proclaimed apolitical, added that it is not possible to continue in the country "without justice."
Some protesters carried banners with phrases such as “When corruption becomes law, rebellion is a duty”, “No to unworthy judges” and “Justice free now”. There were also sectors that expressed their denial regarding the coronavirus with signs that read "WHO Lies, Covid19 does not kill" or "No to the mandatory vaccine, my body is mine, I take care of it. That of my children too ”.
"I am not antiquarantine, because in fact I am quarantining, but this is beyond me, I am getting sick from being locked up listening every day" the words of President Alberto Fernández, one of the protesters, Viviana, of middle age, told the AP , visibly angry and who did not want to reveal her last name either.
"We express ourselves for the future, for democracy, for the value of merit and because more and more of us think that Argentina is not condemned to impunity or equalization downward," said Patricia Bullrich, president of the opposition party PRO Argentina and former Minister of Security of the government of Mauricio Macri (2015-2019).
Bullrich later published a photo of himself from a car, wearing a mask and showing his participation in the marches, under the hashtag # 19SPorlaRep República.
Other hashtags circulating were # 19STodosAlObelisco # 19STodosALasCalles # 19SqueSeVayanTodos
Many people were also concentrated in the Puerta de Olivos, the residence of President Fernández.
"Simply SHOCKING the Flag against the Government throughout the country. We Argentines say "NO to the subjugation of the Republic and NO to Impunity"; and we stand up in defense of our freedoms and for the future of the country we love ... ”, Dani Lerer tweeted, posting photos of protests across the country.
The protesters, belonging to opposition sectors of the government, protested against the quarantine and judicial reform undertaken by the government and the displacement of three judges who investigated the causes of alleged corruption on the part of Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Also against the economic measures around the dollar, just days after restrictions on the purchase of the savings dollar were announced.
"Politicians have to exist but those who are corrupt" have to go where they belong, explained Patricio, a 71-year-old protester who preferred not to reveal his last name, to The Associated Press. "People got tired, if they don't do what corresponds this country will end."
Patricio, self-proclaimed apolitical, added that it is not possible to continue in the country "without justice."
Some protesters carried banners with phrases such as “When corruption becomes law, rebellion is a duty”, “No to unworthy judges” and “Justice free now”. There were also sectors that expressed their denial regarding the coronavirus with signs that read "WHO Lies, Covid19 does not kill" or "No to the mandatory vaccine, my body is mine, I take care of it. That of my children too ”.
"I am not antiquarantine, because in fact I am quarantining, but this is beyond me, I am getting sick from being locked up listening every day" the words of President Alberto Fernández, one of the protesters, Viviana, of middle age, told the AP , visibly angry and who did not want to reveal her last name either.
"We express ourselves for the future, for democracy, for the value of merit and because more and more of us think that Argentina is not condemned to impunity or equalization downward," said Patricia Bullrich, president of the opposition party PRO Argentina and former Minister of Security of the government of Mauricio Macri (2015-2019).
Bullrich later published a photo of himself from a car, wearing a mask and showing his participation in the marches, under the hashtag # 19SPorlaRep República.
Other hashtags circulating were # 19STodosAlObelisco # 19STodosALasCalles # 19SqueSeVayanTodos
Many people were also concentrated in the Puerta de Olivos, the residence of President Fernández.
"Simply SHOCKING the Flag against the Government throughout the country. We Argentines say "NO to the subjugation of the Republic and NO to Impunity"; and we stand up in defense of our freedoms and for the future of the country we love ... ”, Dani Lerer tweeted, posting photos of protests across the country.