Argentine protesters face tough police repression

(10 Apr 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Buenos Aires, Argentina - 10 April 2024
1. Police marching towards protesters and tank using water cannon on them
2. Protesters running away as they cover from water cannon
3. Protesters facing police as they advance towards them
4. Police formed with shields across central avenue, protesters running away from water cannon
5. Various of policemen arresting a protester
6. Trash cans flipped by protesters, stones on the road as police advance toward protesters
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juan Barrera, member of Polo Obrero social movement:
"Bad, really bad, the children have nothing to eat. They are starving to death, and many neighborhoods aren't receiving food aid. We came to make a claim, we did not come to cause disturbances."
8. Police water cannon and armored policemen marching towards protesters
9. Louds bangs and water cannon firing at protesters
10. Protesters walking back, facing police
11. Water cannon and officers moving towards protesters
12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Franco Padilla, grassroots movement leader:
"This is the answer we've been receiving from the government since Milei and Patricia Bullrrich (Security Minister) took power and unified to fight down the people and not assist us in the state of emergency we live in every day. The situation in the neighborhoods is critical, and that's why today we took to the streets to demand an emergency law.
13. Tilt down from Social Development building with the poster of Eva Perón (Evita - former First Lady of Argentina) to protesters from social movements marching
14. Protest passing by government building
15. Various of protest
STORYLINE:
Grassroots movements clashed with police on Wednesday during a demonstration in central Buenos Aires.
Hundreds gathered in front of government buildings, rallying against the ramped-up austerity measures of the government of Javier Milei.
Police used water cannons to disperse the protesters who tried to block one of the city's main avenues.
Officials reported that at least eight people were detained during the operation.
The organizations were demanding more social benefits for impoverished families.
A security protocol that came into force a few days after Milei took office enables federal forces to evict or disperse protesters who block traffic.
The law's critics maintain that it violates free assembly, association, and freedom of expression.
AP Video shot by Cristian Kovadloff
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