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Incidentes en la marcha piquetera: la Policía desalojó la 9 de Julio y detuvo a 10 manifestantes
La protesta arrancó a las 11 frente al ex Ministerio de Desarrollo Social. Las organizaciones sociales lograron interrumpir el tránsito y agentes de la fuerza porteña dispersaron el corte
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April 10, 2024
The protest started at 11 in front of the former Ministry of Social Development. The social organizations managed to interrupt traffic and agents of the Buenos Aires force dispersed the blockage
The fire hydrant truck and the infantry of the City Police advanced on the protesters to evict the 9 de Julio
The Popular Economy Workers Union (UTEP) and the picketing organizations were carrying out a “ national day of struggle ” against the Government of Javier Milei from 11 a.m. , when incidents occurred after the City Police decided to evict a total blockade of the protesters, who interrupted traffic at the height of Avenida 9 de Julio and Moreno . Around 12:30 the route was clear.
The main concentration in the City of Buenos Aires took place in front of the historic building where the Secretariat for Children, Adolescents and Family, the former Ministry of Social Development, operates. The first columns began to gather in the small squares surrounding the ministerial headquarters until they caused the interruption of traffic on Lima and Moreno streets , and then the circulation of the Metrobus .
Around 12 o'clock, the infantry troops of the City Police moved forward with the eviction of the militants and activists who were blocking traffic in the area. There were incidents that left at least 10 detained , an unknown number of injured and strong clashes between uniformed officers and protesters. They clashed with projectiles, hand-to-hand blows, discharges of water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets.
Approximately half an hour later, security agents dispersed the protesters from the Metrobus route, normalizing traffic in the area. And the Gendarmerie personnel were reinforced in the Ministry of Economy building, given the probability that the activists would mobilize there. The columns of the groups retreated towards the southern area of the Federal Capital.
There were incidents that left at least 10 detained and strong clashes between uniformed officers and protesters (Maximiliano Luna)
During the incidents, press workers such as journalist Diego Ricciardi , from the Crónica channel, Mariano Cabrera , from La Nación+, who received a stone in the leg while on air, and Antu Divito Trejo , photojournalist from the alternative media La Retaguardia, were injured.
The federal security forces, in charge of the Ministry of National Security, did not intervene in the eviction.
The Minister of Security and Justice of Buenos Aires, Waldo Wolff , stated in a conversation with LN+ that there were 8 people detained and that the police deployment was resolved after a “total shutdown of the 9 de Julio, untimely, that was not planned” occurred. from social organizations. Then, from the Buenos Aires security portfolio they expanded the roster to 10.
“They have been demonstrating these days, until now they have been respecting being on the sidewalk. I understand that they tried to win with surprise and blocked the street. Every day that they cut the arteries, we are going to release the trail and arrest everyone we can identify in flagrante delicto,” commented the official in charge of the area.
This is how they arrested one of the protesters who participated in the mobilization
The City Government indicated that they will file a criminal complaint for the acts of vandalism and violence, and that two police officers were identified with minor injuries and bruises.
The Buenos Aires Secretary of Security, Diego Kravetz , pointed out that it was “a demonstration different from the ones we had been having” because the organizations were respecting the protocol before the chaos occurred. “People were in the squares, but they made an agreement to go down all together on 9 de Julio. Quickly, with the force that we were stationed in the vicinity of the Obelisk, a dialogue took place and when we saw that it was fruitless we began to act to clear it,” he reconstructed.
“There was a very violent group next to the protesters, who not only threw stones, but also set fire to a container and someone set fire to a car with a Molotov cocktail,” the official said. “There is a very identified group that wanted to do what happened: to have a fight,” he stressed.
Before the incidents occurred, the organizers of the protest were seeking to be received by the Minister of Human Capital, Sandra Pettovello , or the Secretary of Children, Adolescents and Family of the Nation, Pablo de la Torre, so that food could be delivered to the dining rooms.
City Police forces advance against a column of protesters
The leader of the CCC, Juan Carlos Alderete , questioned the police operation and repudiated the incidents. “Savage government repression of those who only demand food for community kitchens. While Milei's policy increases hunger and unemployment, the only response they have is repression. "It seems that in Argentina the right to demonstrate no longer applies!" said one of the leaders of the protest in his personal X account.
Another of the protagonists of the mobilization, the national leader of Libres del Sur, Silvia Saravia , demanded greater social assistance. “And the wallet for the fallen, Milei? 8 arrested in the repression. They want to install terror, but they are not going to achieve it. These brave people know that they must fight for their rights. Despite the insensitivity and repression, Libres del Sur remains FIRM IN THE FIGHT,” she warned.
The traffic blockage of social movements and organizations
The columns began to be found this morning at subway and/or train stations such as Retiro, Constitución, Once and Liniers. Yesterday, the organizers resolved that those who decide not to travel to the City of Buenos Aires would hold popular pots in the main squares of the country in front of municipalities and governorates.
Unlike each mobilization or protest measure, the leaders had avoided disseminating the details of the methodology of the fight measure for the anti-picket protocol to limit the deployment of federal forces in charge of the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich . The truth is that, finally, the national Executive Branch did not intervene today in the street conflict.
As a background, the relationship between the leaders of the UTEP and the left-wing picketers does not seem simple. Although they try to demonstrate “unity in the face of the social and economic policies of La Libertad Avanza,” the agreements on the form of protest do not achieve unanimous consensus. While the most radicalized sector is determined to challenge Bullrich and the ban on blocking 9 de Julio and Avenida de Mayo for several hours, others are not. That is why they granted freedom to hold popular pots in the municipalities and not march to CABA.
La polícia detiene a manifestantes en 9 de Julio
La polícia detiene a manifestantes en 9 de Julio
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Police arrested protesters on July 9
In fact, the main leaders of the UTEP will be attentive to the first meeting that the CGT will hold with the ruling party. Today afternoon, the Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Francos , will receive a delegation from the main labor union at the Casa Rosada . The Government, as this media reported, will try to lower tensions to deactivate the new general strike of the labor union, which will be debated on Thursday.
Both the picketers and the UTEP leaders have asked the CGT leaders for a new active general strike , this time for 24 hours. Meanwhile, tomorrow there will also be a strike and mobilization of ANSES workers.
With the economic crisis as a backdrop, social movements face the paradigm shift that the libertarian government seeks to impose in its relationship with the piqueteros leaders: break with intermediation in the plans, apply the protocol and capitalize on the discontent generated by the protests. picketers in society.
People unrelated to the conflict take refuge in a building in the area
From the Casa Rosada they boast of having pierced the power that the popular leaders had over the beneficiaries of social plans by removing their influence over programs such as Empower Work and the outsourcing of 4.2% of the dry food that was distributed to the canteens. and community picnic areas that they managed.
Among the main organizations calling for today's mobilization, the Polo Obrero, the Evita Movement, MST-Teresa Vive, the Movement of Excluded Workers (MTE), Somos/Barrios de Pie, the National Piquetero Bloc, and the Darío Santillán Popular Front stood out. , the Front of Organizations in Struggle, the Classist and Combative Current and, among others, the Coordinator for Social Change.
