Attendance figures for the march in Buenos Aires range from 40,000 to 600,000 people

According to the sources consulted, the number of people present at the mobilization varies between 40 thousand and 600 thousand people. good airas part of the general strike called for this Wednesday in Argentina for the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), the country’s main trade union federation.

The Argentine Executive estimates that 40 thousand people participated today in the march towards Congress Squarein good aircentral point of the half-day general strike called by the CGT and which other unions, political parties and social and human rights organizations, among others, joined.

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“Of the 21 million workers, only 0.19% mobilized, if we consider among workers The Campora and social organizations. 40 thousand people. Total failure. Change in full gear“, published the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrichon your X social network account.

People take part in a demonstration in front of the Argentine Congress during a national strike against the government of Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, on January 24, 2024. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP) (LUIS ROBAYO/)

In his message he included a video with a format similar to that of an election campaign advertisement, in which he walks through the streets of Flores Neighborhood and talk to different traders in the area, “happy”For watching them work.

Meanwhile, the Police City of Buenos Airesone of those responsible for the device implemented today on the occasion of the mobilization, estimated 130 thousand participants, including those who arrived at the Plaza del Congreso and those from the neighboring streets.

For their part, the organizers estimated that 600,000 people participated in the capital’s rally and, as they explained to EFE, raised the number to 1.5 million protesters who marched across the country.

Despite the dance of numbers, the truth is that, despite it being January, the month of summer holidays in the south, the appearance of the streets of Buenos Aires was far from being that of a place with total unemployment, mainly due to the functioning of public transport . .

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Although the half-day general strike was called between 12:00 local time (15:00 GMT) and midnight (03:00 GMT on Thursday), the transport sector came to a standstill from 19:00 local time (22:00 GMT) to allow those who If they wanted to attend the demonstration, the central event of the day, they did so and returned to their homes.

With many businesses open and restaurant activity, Wednesday felt like any other quiet summer day.

Without being equal to the great marches of Peronism, characterized by greater mobilizations than today, without a doubt the number of participants in the Plaza del Congreso far exceeded that of the last major event held there: the inauguration of the Argentine president, Javier Mileion December 10th.

Source: Elcomercio