LatinNews Daily Report - 11 October 2012

POLITICS | Pressure builds on Fernández. On 10 October Argentina’s main trade unions, the dissident faction of the general confederation of labour (CGT) and the central workers’ union (CTA), led by Hugo Moyano and Pablo Micheli respectively, held a demonstration outside the presidential palace (Casa Rosada) to protest against various policies of the government led by President Cristina Fernández. The union leaders put the turnout at 80,000, though the police put it lower, at 20,000-30,000. Also present was the Argentine agricultural federation (FAA), the federation of universities (FUA) and the train workers union, Unión Ferroviaria. Moyano and Micheli warned that the demo was just the first part of a united action plan and raised the possibility of a national general strike before the end of the year. The paramilitary security services are also out on strike and there were nationwide anti-government demonstrations last month

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