News of national strike

Milei faces second major strike as Argentina resists austerity

09-05-2024 10:40 Argentines woke up Thursday to the country’s second national transport strike since President Javier Milei took office in December.

EDITORIAL

The four horsemen

27-01-2024 07:35 The general strike should be deemed not so much a success or a failure as a somewhat irrelevant blip within what gives every indication of being a long hot summer and a traumatic year.

ANTI-MILEI MARCH

‘Great struggle’ begins as protesters rally against Milei’s reforms

25-01-2024 01:33 Tens of thousands of demonstrators descended on the Plaza del Congreso in Buenos Aires on Wednesday to protest the Milei government’s economic reform bid.

by Ashton Goren & Martha Contreras

ANTI-MILEI PROTEST

Thousands swarm Buenos Aires' streets to protest Milei’s reforms

25-01-2024 00:39 Thousands flooded the streets and avenues surrounding Congress during a mass protest on Wednesday in Buenos Aires organised by the CGT, one of the nation’s oldest and most powerful union groups.

POLITICS & LABOUR

Unions take to streets in challenge to Milei's reform push

24-01-2024 13:53 Thousands of protesters had gathered by midday in the heart of Buenos Aires for what is expected to be the biggest demonstration in years, called by Argentina’s main union, the CGT, against President Milei's proposed economic reforms.