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Related: About this forumTwo million Argentines across the country join the biggest anti-government protest in years
http://en.mercopress.com/2013/04/19/two-million-argentines-across-the-country-join-the-biggest-anti-government-protest-in-years.
The A18 demonstrations were peaceful, congregated through the social networks, with only Argentine flags, no political identifications and with no police on sight. Many banged pots and pans and other objects, a traditional form of protest, while others carried signs with slogans such as Argentina, wake up!, Corrupt Cristina and If our leaders are corrupt, we lose our respect for them.
Political analyst Jorge Castro described the marches as spontaneous, horizontally organized and warned that no political party or political leader in Argentina is capable of such a rally.
However several prominent opposition politicians joined the march, which according to officials from Buenos Aires City convened over a million people, in emblematic places such as Plaza de Mayo, the Obelisk, the 9 de Julio avenue plus in the different neighbourhoods of the city, which television coverage showed packed.
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Despite a decade of strong economic growth and falling unemployment following the debacle of 2001/02, Cristina Fernandez popularity has slid over the past 18 months as voters criticize the mismanagement of the economy, rampant corruption with each exposure closer to her family and acolytes, crime and insecurity, and her arrogant style or government increasingly authoritarian.
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Two million Argentines across the country join the biggest anti-government protest in years (Original Post)
Bacchus4.0
Apr 2013
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naaman fletcher
(7,362 posts)1. When's the next election? nt
Bacchus4.0
(6,837 posts)3. a few years away I believe, word has it she wants a third term
she was re-elected in a landslide in 2011. Things have changed quickly. Same old story, constitutions are written limiting terms to ostensibly limit abuse of power but subsequently the leaders try to change that once in office. thats true across the spectrum Uribe, Hugo, Zelaya, Correa, Cristina.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)2. I believe the main issue there
to be rampant inflation - far above the official figure.
ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)4. Playing the Falklands card has failed to distract the populace
joshcryer
(62,265 posts)5. +1