(13 Mar 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Buenos Aires, Argentina – 12 March 2025
1. People next to a police car on fire, tear gas smoke
2. Various of police car that protesters set on fire
3. Protesters from various soccer teams supporting pensioners
4. Photo of Argentine President Javier Milei with the phrase (Spanish) "fascism should be destroyed"
5. People throwing rocks at security forces in front of Congress building
6. Security forces firing rubber bullets
7. Protesters, some wearing soccer jerseys
8. Police firing rubber bullets
9. Police in a cloud of tear gas
10. Protesters throwing rocks
11. Police and protesters
12. Police water cannon truck ejects water next to police
13. People getting hit by water cannon
14. A police car getting hit by stones and chased by protesters
15. Various of a man being detained
16. Protesters chant UPSOUND (Spanish) "It must be awful to have to hit the elderly to eat (and gain a salary)."
17. Various of a woman yelling at the police UPSOUND (Spanish) "Don’t hit the elderly. I could be your mom. What’s wrong with you? Think for a moment. I could be your mom, your daughters, grandmother." ++AUDIO QUALITY AS INCOMING++
18. Pensioners yelling at police
19. A man holds a sign that reads, (Spanish) "The motherland should be defended, not sold."
20. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Laura Martinez, protester:
"They started to repress. People weren’t doing anything one block from Congress. And the (police) motorcycles came and started pushing everyone; they shot (rubber bullets) like they didn’t care. I don’t know if it was at the legs, in all directions. So, it was an extreme repression. The tear gas with the wind, it was truly terrible."
21. Police stand by burning trash bins in front of Congress building
STORYLINE:
Pensioners and supporters of various football teams clashed with police on Wednesday during a protest in front of Argentina’s Congress against economic policies implemented by President Javier Milei’s government.
What began as a peaceful demonstration in Buenos Aires turned into clashes with police forces aiming a water cannon, tear gas, and pellets at some of the protesters who were throwing stones at the authorities.
Protests by pensioners have been held every Wednesday in Buenos Aires for several weeks to complain about adjustments they say have made their standard of living more precarious. Until now, these demonstrations have gathered only a few dozen people and have had some incidents, including tear gas being thrown at the elderly, but have not seen anything on the scale of Wednesday’s demonstration.
The government of far-right President Javier Milei, who has been pursuing a policy of tightening public spending since he came to power a year and a half ago, had warned of restrictions on stadiums for those who rioted.
In anticipation of a large gathering, Milei’s government tightened restrictions on attending Argentine football stadiums in an attempt to contain the protest.
AP Video shot by Victor R. Caivano
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