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[Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] [Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] . . ----- Original Message ----- From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 10:14 PM Subject: Riots in Argentina AP (with additional material by Reuters). 15 January 2002. Angry Over Financial Freeze, Argentine Rioters Attack Banks in Provinces. BUENOS AIRES -- After President Eduardo Duhalde spoke with foreign correspondents, riot police outside the pink government palace held back 2,000 unemployed marchers demanding work. Several thousand jobless people blocked 11 highways around the country while protesters in Santa Fe and Jujuy provinces smashed up bank and foreign-owned utility offices. Argentines angry over a banking freeze ransacked banks and torched ATMs on Tuesday as President Eduardo Duhalde vowed to eventually relax curbs that have brought the financial system to a standstill. Rage over the 6-week-old restrictions shutting off Argentines' access to their savings boiled over around the country, mixing with the rising anger of unemployed workers who took to the streets demanding jobs. In three cities in Argentina's interior, hundreds of Argentines stormed banks, ripping out computers and smashing window fronts. Several international banks, including Citibank and BankBoston, were among branches that were targeted. Thousands of unemployed Argentines living government subsidies of less than $80 a month marched on the Labor Ministry, blocking traffic as men on bullhorns shouted out demands for jobs. They later marched to the president's offices, which was blocked by riot police and barricades. "I want work, not a few pesos that I can't even support my family on," said Pedro Tabuada, 38, who lost his job as a steakhouse cook five months ago. Unemployment is now a near-record 18.3 percent. In the central province of Sante Fe, some 7,000 demonstrators took to the streets of the city of Casilda on Tuesday, hurling eggs at banks. Riot police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. A small core of violent protesters threw rocks at bank windows and vandalized ATM machines. Argentines also unleashed their anger at banks in the cities of La Plata, where they set fire to ATM machines, and in Salvador de Jujuy, where they ripped out computers, trashed offices and smashing windows in three bank branches, including Citibank and BankBoston outlets. "We want bread and jobs," said Luis, a laid-off municipal worker, marching through Buenos Aires with 2,000 other protesters banging drums and waving flags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
