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June 26, 2018

Argentina: Unions Launch 24-Hour General Strike to Protest Austerity
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In Argentina, labor unions launched a general strike Monday that
paralyzed the capital Buenos Aires, shutting down schools, banks,
hospitals, airports, highways and public transportation to protest
Argentine President Mauricio Macri's austerity measures. This is strike
leader Alejandro Bodart.

Alejandro Bodart: "This has to be the beginning of a fight plan; it
cannot end here. We must defeat Macri and drive out the IMF, which is
the only way out for us, the workers, to be able to turn around a
situation that is suffocating us."



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