"It's getting worse all the time" - Argentines protest even as political talks offer glimmer of hope

Record ID: 1427350

  • Title: "It's getting worse all the time" - Argentines protest even as political talks offer glimmer of hope
  • Date: 15th August 2019
  • Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (AUGUST 15, 2019) (REUTERS) PEOPLE AT DEMONSTRATION WHERE FOOD IS BEING DISHED OUT TO DEMONSTRATORS VARIOUS, FOOD BEING SERVED DEMONSTRATORS IN DOWNTOWN BUENOS AIRES VARIOUS, FOOD BEING SERVED, PEOPLE EATING VARIOUS, PEOPLE WITH FOOD AT DEMONSTRATION (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) 56-YEAR-OLD DEMONSTRATOR, AIDA DEL VALLE ROJAS, SAYING: "The situation that the country is going through, it's getting worse all the time. Families with children don't have enough food, and they're eating once a day. We already know the currency is very devalued, and the way we're living, the truth is it's really bad." FEET OF POLICE IN RIOT GEAR AT PROTEST VARIOUS, POLICE WALKING ON SIDE OF ROAD BESIDE PROTESTERS VARIOUS, PROTESTERS MARCHING (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ACTIVIST AND DEMONSTRATOR, MARIANELA NAVARRO, SAYING: "After the large electoral defeat that the national government suffered, some measures have been announced that are palliative and totally insufficient for the amount of poor people that are in the country, the amount of temporary workers, and the amount of firings in industry and the government. This isn't an answer to the deep crisis we're going through not only in greater Buenos Aires, but also in many of the country's provinces where the social situation is basically a daily fight for survival." PROTESTERS MARCHING PROTESTER HOLDING SIGN READING (Spanish) "NO TO THE IMF (International Monetary Fund), LET THE RICH PAY THE DEBT" PROTESTER HOLDING SIGN READING (Spanish) "WE WANT A RAISE (in salary)" VARIOUS, PROTESTERS
  • Embargoed: 29th August 2019 21:37
  • Keywords: President Mauricio Macri Argentina economic crisis elections devaluation Alberto Fernandez primary Cristina Fernandez peso
  • Location: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
  • City: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA001ASBYNUV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Argentines reeling from an ongoing economic crisis and a shock election result that wiped out around 25% of the peso's value took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Thursday (August 15) for a demonstration that included a mobile soup kitchen for participants.
    Carrying signs reading "No to the IMF" and "We Want a Raise," Argentines marched through the downtown streets of the capital to draw attention to the dire conditions many Argentines are currently facing.
    Meanwhile, Argentine President Mauricio Macri met with his cabinet ministers after having announced a series of welfare subsidies and tax cuts for lower-income workers since his poor showing in Sunday's (August 11) primary vote.
    The new policies represent an awkward about-turn for a president who took office in 2015 vowing to slash public subsidies and to correct what he called years of leftist economic mismanagement.
    Macri promised to raise the minimum wage, temporarily freeze gasoline prices and increase the income tax bracket floor by 20%. On Thursday, he also announced plans to help people with inflation-linked mortgages.
    (Production: Miguel Lo Bianco, Horacio Soria)
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