Riot police unleash water cannons and tear gas to disperse protesters outside Congress, escalating tensions before lawmakers approve state overhaul and tax bills proposed by President Javier Milei.
A riot police officer fires his gun during clashes with demonstrators near the National Congress in Buenos Aires / Photo: AFP
Ahead of the vote, hundreds of security force members fired tear gas and water cannons at rioting demonstrators protesting in Buenos Aires against the proposed economic reforms. Seven people, including five lawmakers among the protesters, were treated at hospital after being pepper sprayed, according to the Health Ministry.Later, as night fell, thick blocks of shield-bearing officers and others on motorbikes pushed back the protesters, who overturned two cars — one of which belonged to a local media organisation — and set them on fire.
The whittled-down bill has 238 articles — slimmed from an initial 600-plus. The measures include declaring a one-year state of economic emergency, allowing Milei to disband federal agencies, and privatising about a dozen public companies, including state-owned carrier Aerolineas Argentina. The bill is opposed by social organisations, leftist political parties, retirees, teachers and labour unions.
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