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Weekly Report - 09 March 2017 (WR-17-09)

ARGENTINA: CGT tries to ride a tiger

A major anti-government demonstration called by the re-unified umbrella trade union movement Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) on 7 March, by gathering tens of thousands on the streets of Buenos Aires, showed the strength of opposition to the economic policies of President Mauricio Macri. But tensions and scuffles at the tail end of the march highlighted some of the divisions in the opposition camp, as well as the uncertainty over the real balance of political forces in Argentina ahead of the October mid-term congressional elections.

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