Argentine Police Repress Weekly Retiree Protests: Arrests and Pepper Spray Are Deployed Against Milei Government Critics - teleSUR English

Argentine Police Repress Weekly Retiree Protests: Arrests and Pepper Spray Are Deployed Against Milei Government Critics - teleSUR English

Buenos Aires, April 23, 2025 , Riot police fired pepper spray and detained demonstrators during Argentina’s weekly retiree protest on Wednesday, continuing a pattern of repression that has drawn international condemnation since journalist Pablo Grillo was critically injured by a tear gas canister in March. Related: Argentina: At Least 672 Injured, 114 Arrested After Repression On Retirees Demonstration Systematic Crackdown on Elderly Demonstrato…

Argentine retirees will meet this Wednesday in the vicinity of the Congress, as usual, from where they will march towards Plaza de Mayo to demand an increase in their assets and express their repudiation to the Milei government. READ ALSO Government of Argentina does not plan to approve collective contracts with inflation The concentration will begin at 15H00, while the mobilization will begin an hour later, with a central event scheduled for 17…

At least five people were injured by pepper spray and two were arrested at the volley. Violence broke out a few meters from Congress. Earlier there was a "green" of the UTT and people with disabilities were also mobilized.

On Wednesday 23, as happens every week, a group of self-convoked retirees met in front of the Congress of the Nation in Buenos Aires to continue their struggle for an increase in retirements. The march, which is part of a series of mobilizations organized by the retirees, generated again tensions with the security forces, after an incident with the Argentine Federal Police (PFA).

On Wednesday, a new demonstration took place in the vicinity of the Congress. Retirees gathered together with various social organizations. Incidents were recorded.

A struggle broke out between the attendees and the Federal Police when the agents applied the anti-piquet protocol. The march for the retirees this Wednesday became violent minutes before 16 o’clock, when the Federal Police (PFA) activated the anti-piquet protocol to prevent protesters from blocking Rivadavia Avenue. As soon as [...]