2023-08-24 07:23:00
In the context of tension over the coordinated looting and robbery, the Piquetero Fight Front announced a mobilization for this Thursday, August 24 throughout the countryto request “assistance to the soup kitchensincrease in social programs and delivery of tools for the continuity of the self-managed jobs“.
This Thursday 24, since 11will be concentrated at the intersection of San Juan and 9 de Julio avenues, in downtown Buenos Aires, as well as other parts of the country, according to reports from the Front made up of the Polo Workerhe MTRhe National Piquetero Block, among others. The protest was initially scheduled for last Friday, but was canceled due to rain.
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The Front recognizes the will of the national government to move towards a solution, but complains regarding lack of precision, urgency and decision. Yesterday there was a meeting at the Ministry of Social Developmentwhere officials admitted delays in the delivery of food and promised news regarding the Work Strengthening Plans.
Why is the measure of force of piqueteros reached?
In a statement, the Piquetero Struggle Front highlighted that national government officials stated “that there is a decision to assist the social crisis that afflicts millions of workers”, but pointed out that “It still does not set an amount for the increase in the programs or a specific date for the delivery of food“.
The decision to hold the protest was made this Wednesday night, following holding the meeting with government officials, where the decision to fully restore assistance to soup kitchens was expressed. They also spoke to them of “an increase in the minimum, vital and mobile wage, which has an impact on Empowering Work”, but without specifics, to those who demand an increase of 100%.
Eduardo Belliboni, from the Polo Obrero, revealed that the meeting was with paul countryhead of the Executing Unit of the National Program for Socio-Productive Inclusion and Local Development Promote Work, among other officials. Minister Victoria Tolosa Paz did not participatecandidate for national deputy of Unión por la Patria, reported The nation.
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For this reason, the groups demonstrated in “state of mobilization and assembly” and they ratified “the social demands that we maintain high in the face of the social crisis, which is deepening with adjustment and repression that they intend to pass off as a direct order of the International Monetary Fund”.
Where will the cuts be?
The Piquetero Struggle Front plans to take to the Treasury Palace your claim. Consequently, the protesters will begin their march this Thursday along Avenida San Juan and 9 de Julio, from where they will pass through the Social Development portfolio, and then go to Plaza de Mayo, where the Palacio de Hacienda is located.
In the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, there will also be cuts in key accesses to the center, such as the Autopista del Oeste, the Pueyrredón and La Noria bridges, Route 3 and General Paz and the Saavedra Bridge.
It will also cut the Ruta 2 at the height of Mar del Plata, the Highway Buenos Aires-La Plataand there will be cuts in the interior of the country, such as the bridge that connects the city of Cipolletti with Neuquén and on the Ruta 22in Rio Negro.
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