----- Original Message ----- From: "tempe1917" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 9:21 PM Subject: New roadblocks in Argentina [Yahoo! Clubs: Support the Salta Workers] > Wednesday August 1, 2:04 AM > (AFP) > > Workers block roads protesting Argentine economic measures > > > > Protesters gathered to set up roadblocks as Argentine trade unions and social groups sought to protest the tough economic measures voted into law by the Senate. > > Around 1,000 people took part in the protest on Route Three at La Matanza, a working class district on the outskirts of the capital, as roadblocks were also set up in Buenos Aires' La Boca historic district. > > Highway authorities said traffic flow was down 70 percent of normal levels. > > Hundreds of the jobless took to the roads to protest in Mar del Plata, 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, 500 kilometers (310 miles) north, and Tucuman, 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) northwest of the capital, without hindering traffic moving on alternate routes. > > The Argentine government has repeatedly said that the roadblocks are illegal and that it would take out injunctions to stop them. Internal Security Secretary Enrique Mathov said Tuesday that the government would guarantee "the right to drive." > > Meanwhile, Labor Minister Patricia Bullrich said leaders of the protest would be unable to keep their promise not to block access to the major cities. > > Militants are calling for changes to be made to the government belt-tightening measures approved by the Senate early Monday, for more benefits for the unemployed, and for the release of "social prisoners" -- more than 200 people arrested in earlier road block protests. > > De la Rua's deficit-busting plan, which contains public spending cuts of some 1.5 billion dollars, is aimed at balancing Argentina's budget and allowing the country to continue payments on its debt. > > A drastic 13-percent pay cut in federal salaries and retirement benefits seeks to bring the nation to so-called "zero deficit." > > State employees announced they would join protests during the course of the day. > > --------------------------------------------- > DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE BY EMAIL! > --------------------------------------------- > You have chosen to receive messages from "Support the Salta Workers" by email. > > Reply to this message: > http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/supportthesaltaworkers/bbsfrp?action=r&tid=supp ortthesaltaworkers&sid=1600060085&mid=94 > > Unsubscribe from the Club mailing list: > http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/supportthesaltaworkers/config/change_mb_list > > Return to "Support the Salta Workers": > http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/supportthesaltaworkers > ---------------------------------------------- > > Not a member? Remove yourself from this list: > http://edit.clubs.yahoo.com/config/unsubscribe_mb_list?.userID=michael987620 01&.groupID=supportthesaltaworkers&.groupType=&.code=85Hm2BgQ0l >
