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Argentina sees protests swell ahead of major strike

Thorkil Rothe
April 10, 2025

Union workers, retirees and their supporters turned out for a weekly protest in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires. They demonstrated against President Javier Milei's austerity measures ahead of a major 24-hour general strike.

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