News of demonstrations

Students take classes onto streets to protest Milei's university cutbacks

16-10-2024 16:20 Student demonstrators stage open classes on the streets of Buenos Aires as they draw attention to cutbacks on state higher education institutions imposed by President Javier Milei's government.

POLITICS

Milei says state universities not under threat as occupations multiply

15-10-2024 17:13 As student takeovers of campuses multiply nationwide, President Milei says Argentina's public university system is “not under discussion” but vows auditing of state institutions will take place.

ARGENTINA IN CRISIS

Milei’s ‘no money’ slogan put to the test – but is there patience?

22-02-2024 16:46 Enthusiasm abroad for Javier Milei's presidential project is not matched by growing unrest on the streets of Buenos Aires.

LABOUR TENSIONS

Strikes pile up amid sting of Milei’s shock therapy

21-02-2024 16:03 Rail service, healthcare and schools all face disruption; Unions pushing back against government austerity measures.

ANALYSIS

Chaos in Jujuy just a taste of what’s to come

22-06-2023 16:21 Protests and clashes with security forces in Jujuy are a snapshot from a film being projected in anticipation of Argentina’s next government.

by Walter Curia

UNREST IN JUJUY

Accusations fly after violent clashes in Jujuy

20-06-2023 17:02 NGOs and national government slam “repression” against demonstrators in northern province of Jujuy; Opposition Governor Gerardo Morales points finger at Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for unrest.

CLASHES OVER ROADBLOCKS

Tensions in Jujuy as demonstrators denounce ‘brutal repression’

19-06-2023 16:27 At least 40 arrests near the northern city of Purmamarca as indigenous, picketers and left-wingers demonstrate against constitutional reform limiting right to protest; Jujuy Governor Morales points finger at the national government for violence and says roadblocks will be broken up.

POWER-CUT PROTESTS

Porteños take protest to energy firm's doors after prolonged power cuts

16-03-2023 09:49 Residents renew protests across the capital and its outskirts amid prolonged power cuts. Blackouts, which have struck in the middle of an unprecedented heatwave, have left more than 100,000 homes in the dark.

Unrest in Peru

Peru president urges Congress to bring elections forward

30-01-2023 11:34 Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has made a renewed appeal for Congress to move elections from 2024 to October 2023 as a way to end weeks of deadly protests, warning that otherwise she will seek constitutional reform to make a vote happen.

Protests in Peru

'Civil war now!' exclaim demonstators in Peru as tensions rise

24-01-2023 13:31 Hundreds of demonstrators marching in Lima called for the resignation of President Dina Boluarte; Massive protests that have already claimed the lives of 46 people set to continue, Interior Minister Vicente Romero warns.

Peru Protests

Clashes in Lima as thousands rally against Peru government

20-01-2023 11:08 Thousands marched through Peru's capital and southern provinces Thursday in large anti-government rallies punctuated by clashes with police, defying a state of emergency declared over almost 1/3 of the country.

Peru Protests

Peru protesters mourn their dead as clashes continue

12-01-2023 14:30 Demonstrators in Peru blocked roads and held mass funerals for 41 people killed in more than a month of protests demanding the resignation of President Dina Boluarte.

News of demonstrations

Students take classes onto streets to protest Milei's university cutbacks

Milei says state universities not under threat as occupations multiply

Milei’s ‘no money’ slogan put to the test – but is there patience?

Strikes pile up amid sting of Milei’s shock therapy

Chaos in Jujuy just a taste of what’s to come

Accusations fly after violent clashes in Jujuy

Tensions in Jujuy as demonstrators denounce ‘brutal repression’

Porteños take protest to energy firm's doors after prolonged power cuts

Peru president urges Congress to bring elections forward

'Civil war now!' exclaim demonstators in Peru as tensions rise

Clashes in Lima as thousands rally against Peru government

Peru protesters mourn their dead as clashes continue

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