A Argentina The country, which is on the verge of a financial chasm, received the green light from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday. Agency approves highly anticipated payment $7.5 billion The government needs to stabilize the foreign exchange market. “(Former president) is a very important step in the management of the mortgage” Mauricio Macri Economy Minister Sergio Massa left the country in Washington.” Buenos Aires and moments of anxiety in the surrounding were experienced at the same time. The ghost of the 2001 crisis flew over this country and staged some of the most traumatic situations: looting of supermarkets and shopsNot only in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, where a large part of the precarious population is concentrated, but also in parts of the provinces of Córdoba and Mendoza. The Peronist government tried to minimize the situation and Maneuvers of the extreme right. He assured that the tense situations were due to the impoverishment of Argentines, though he did not mention libertarian economist Javier Milei, who won the August 13 primaries and won the polls in the October 22 presidential election.
in the last hours 94 people were arrested. Security Minister Aníbal Fernández announced the creation of a special command to prevent and combat these incidents and to prevent a repeat of the events that contributed to the fall of the Government 22 years ago. Fernando de la Rua. Robberies according to Fernández “They don’t happen on their own”. According to him, there is “a profession” opposition “to create some kind of conflict”.
Axel KicillofThe governor of Buenos Aires province, Argentina’s main economic and population region, has assured that “politicians” are behind what he says are “planned”, trying to deepen the weakness of an impotent government to stop inflation, and the rise in the dollar’s price, two factors that have put the lives of millions of people at risk. .
“There was a campaign and preparation for the facts. There were false reports and fake footage to the police. “This weekend was encouraged,” said Kicillof. Security Minister Sergio Berni spoke of “more than 150 looting attempts” controlled by uniformed police. “We need to know if these are violent groups and this will be stopped.” immediately. Buenos Aires Production Minister Augusto Costa met with supermarket owners regarding possible new events.
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Meanwhile, a social leader in this country who only appears at sensitive moments, Raul CastellsHe said he was “politically responsible” for the looting. Castells blamed government officials for the despair of thousands of people, who were feeling the effects of poverty worsened by the recent devaluation. “The criminals are the officials, they doubled the price of the food.”
Kicillof questioned Castells’ role and the media attention he was the target of. The governor assured him that he was meeting with leaders of various social movements that have a strong regional presence in the regions most affected by the crisis. “They said that the neighbors did not participate in these actions en masse, but rather that there were scenes that prevented violent groups from carrying out these actions.”
In this context, the presidential candidate for the right-wing coalition Co-Change, Patricia Bullrich, urged the government to take drastic measures. “If control is lost completely and definitively and the government has to demand martial law, it has to do it.” Bullrich was the Government’s Minister of Labor, which fell in 2001 after an epidemic caused by the financial crisis, demonstrations that killed 33 people, and looting.