Anti-Austerity protests in Buenos Aires

Thousands of demonstrators marched through the Argentine capital Buenos Aires to protest President Mauricio Macri’s austerity measures, turning up the heat on his government six months ahead of general elections.

The protests come in a climate of social unrest in recession-hit Argentina, with Macri’s centre-right government determined to reach a zero fiscal deficit as part of a US$56 billion bailout agreement last year with the International Monetary Fund.

Photo: A demonstrator holds a smoke can during a protest against the Government’s economic policy, the rise of poverty levels, and the inflation rates, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 04 April 2019. The demonstration was called by the General Confederation of Labor and other unions.

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