Thousands of protesters gather on Sunday in the center of Buenos Aires on the occasion of International Workers Daybut in separate rallies, one in support of the Argentine Peronist government and another in opposition called by the left.
“Today, the fight is the same as the one for which in USA assassinate the martyrs of Chicago, to make the distribution of the wealth that we collectively generate fairer,” he told the press Juan Carlos Alderetesocial leader and official deputy front of all.
headed by the Union of Workers of the Popular Economy (UTEP), activists close to the president Alberto Fernandez They are concentrated on the main road in the country, Avenida 9 de Julio, in front of the ministerial building whose facades display steel murals with the face of the idolized former first lady (1945-1952) Eva “Evita” Perón.
In opposition, the Trotskyist parties grouped in the Left Front Unity (FIU) announced their march to the historic Plaza de Mayo, in front of the government house, in rejection of the agreement signed by Fernández with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to refinance a debt of 44,000 million dollars.
“We propose an immediate increase in wages,” the deputy of the Workers Party (PO, Trotskyist), Nicolás del Caño.
The majority labor union, the General Confederation of Labor (CGT, Peronist) decided not to call any march. The government sector linked to the former president (2007-2015) and current vice president did not mobilize either. Cristina Kirchner (centre-left Peronist).