Protests Continue against Economic Policies in Argentina

Buenos Aires_ The echoes of the mobilizations still persist while many ask to date a general strike to protest the government's economic policies, unemployment, tariffs and labor flexibility, among other claims Prensa Latina publishes.

The multitude crowded on Monday and Tuesday on the streets of Buenos Aires, first in support of teachers and then to support the call of the General Confederation of Labor, showed something of what is looming if the government does not put a brake on its policies Neoliberals as signed several union voices affirmed.

Many, such as the teachers and the health workers, desperately ask for the opening of salary negotiations, in search of a fair wage that compensates inflation, which in 2016 closed with just over 40 percent.

It was estimated the participation of about 70 thousand people in the strong march of the teachers, which vibrated strongly. Some 20 blocks fulled with posters and harsh slogans against President Mauricio Macri.

The educators, united, paralyzed the work for 48 hours on the same day that it had to start the school cycle in public schools, leaving 12 million children without classes.

Thousands of them, with their traditional white overalls, gave a lesson but in the streets, because, as one of the many posters said 'today we are not ceasing to teach ... we are teaching them to fight for their rights'.

Yesterday the streets of downtown Buenos Aires were inaccessible as hundreds of people moved to the Production ministry, where the act was carried out, which ended with shouts and complaints to the trade union leaders of the Confederation to date a general strike already.

Tired of the union bureaucracy, the protesters were hard and claimed the leaders put day and hour to the strike.

Meanwhile the Minister of Production, Francisco Cabrera, came out to refute the accusations made during the mobilization in an interview with the program Va de vuelta, of the National Radio.

"In 2016, 80 thousand registered jobs was created, it is not true that there is destruction of employment. There were seven percent less imports, so it is false that there is a rain of imports," he said.

The social protest grows as teachers assert that they will continue to fight with a struggle plan and the workers' centrals as well.