- Title: Protests spark in Buenos Aires at visit of new Brazilian chancellor
- Date: 23rd May 2016
- Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (MAY 23, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PROTEST MADE UP OF BRAZILIANS LIVING IN BUENOS AIRES, MARCHING WITH SIGNS AGAINST NEW BRAZILIAN CHANCELLOR, JOSE SERRA VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS SHOUTING AGAINST SERRA VARIOUS OF SIGN WITH A PICTURE OF SERRA READING (IN SPANISH): "WANTED: JOSE SERRA, IMPOSTOR OF THE BRAZILIAN COUP" VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS SINGING (IN SPANISH): "SERRA THE FONEY, HE CAN'T WIN AN ELECTION." SECURITY GUARDS IN FRONT OF THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE VARIOUS OF SERRA GREETING ARGENTINE CHANCELLOR, SUSANA MALCORRA, FILMED FROM BEHIND A FENCE PROTESTERS WITH A SIGN READING (IN SPANISH): "OUT WITH SERRA, STRENGTH TO DILMA" SERRA AND MALCORRA WALKING PAST VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS WITH SIGN READING (IN SPANISH): "NO TO THE COUP, OUT WITH TEMER" (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) BRAZILIAN CITIZEN LIVING IN ARGENTINA, MATEO ALVES, SAYING: "This is a coup which has been made legitimate by the (Brazilian) National Congress but it is not legitimate, it is illegal. It is a coup to put those corrupt criminals in power." VARIOUS OF PROTEST AGAINST SERRA
- Embargoed: 7th June 2016 17:52
- Keywords: Brazil Argentina Buenos Aires protest Jose Serra chancellor
- Location: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
- City: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
- Country: Argentina
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0014J14RB7
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Protesters gathered in Buenos Aires on Monday (May 23), demonstrating against Brazil's interim government as the new Foreign Minister Jose Serra met his Argentine counterpart on his first official visit to the neighbouring country.
Demonstrators, many of them Brazilian citizens living in Argentina, held signs with slogans such as "Out with Serra, Strength to Dilma," accusing the centre-right interim government of conducting a coup to oust leftist president Dilma Rousseff through impeachment a couple of weeks ago.
"This is a coup which has been made legitimate by the (Brazilian) National Congress but it is not legitimate, it is illegal. It is a coup to put those corrupt criminals in power," said Brazilian protester, Mateo Alves.
The arrival of a tough-talking foreign minister in Brazil marks a move away from the ideologically-driven diplomacy that raised tensions with the United States in the past decade and towards a big push on trade.
Brazil's change of government has pushed the political pendulum more toward the centre in South America, following the election of a centre-right government in Argentina last year.
Serra's first foreign visit to Argentina is expected to centre on restoring South America's Mercosur bloc to its purpose as a free trade area. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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