Thousands of Argentines turn out for an anti-austerity protest, setting the scene for a 24-hour general strike as President Javier Milei awaits news on a fresh IMF loan.
The peaceful demonstration in the capital Buenos Aires precedes the April 10 walkout -- the third general strike in budget-slashing Milei's 16-month-old presidency, and called by unions to protest his brand of "chainsaw" austerity.
The peaceful demonstration in the capital Buenos Aires precedes the April 10 walkout -- the third general strike in budget-slashing Milei's 16-month-old presidency, and called by unions to protest his brand of "chainsaw" austerity.
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00:00murmur
00:14ya tenemos experiencia como argentinos
00:17que ningún acuerdo fue beneficioso para el pueblo
00:20solamente para la amenencia del plata que entra
00:23endeudarnos y estar cada vez peor
00:30I don't consume remedies, but I pay taxes, pay taxes, pay taxes, and I don't get it.
00:46I have to wait to help my children. It costs, it costs to live,
00:53as it costs to the majority of the jubilados who are living here in this country.
01:00I don't want to go.