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Weekly Report - 25 August 2016 (WR-16-33)
ARGENTINA: Macri dealt legal blow as trade unions mass
President Mauricio Macri has suffered a significant setback after the supreme court (CSJN) struck down his government’s energy price increases for residential users. The Macri administration had defended the sharp increases on the grounds that the previous government’s subsidies were unsustainable and, along with a lack of investment in the energy sector, had conspired to transform Argentina from a country with abundant cheap domestic energy to one with scarce and expensive imported energy. Now it will have to hold public consultations on the matter. This week also provided an ominous development for the government with the reunification of the powerful trade union movement, Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT), the scourge of non-Peronist governments.
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