Reported 7 months ago
Argentinian police deployed tear gas to disperse crowds as some protesters chanted slogans and others threw stones at police near the parliament building, where authorities set up barricades and used water cannons to block demonstrators. President Mirey's economic reform, aimed at securing financial support from the IMF to save the collapsing economy, includes privatizing state-owned companies, reducing social welfare spending, and limiting labor strike rights to attract more foreign investment. Trade unions and leftist groups have been protesting against the reform for months, with the Senate finally passing the bill after marathon debates and a tiebreaking vote by Vice President Victoria Villarroel, altering some provisions and sending it back to the Lower House for reconsideration.
Source: YAHOO