Thousands were its citizens Argentina that began yesterday, Sunday (19/12) to honor in the Plaza de Mayo, in front of the presidential palace, the 20th anniversary of the “Great Depression” of 2001, which peaked on December 19 and 20 with a revolt at this point suppressed by blood.
Early last night, the square, the historic center of Argentina for both great joys and great sorrows, was filled with many kiosks and benches of organizations, unions, parties of the radical left that participated in an “overnight”. A discussion here, speeches a little below, elsewhere a screening of a documentary or photo archive to remind Argentines of the 2001 social upheaval and the 39 victims of, mostly young.
The events will culminate today with a large demonstration, which will be attended by sectors that are closest to the center-left government of the country. On December 20, 2001, the then President of Argentina Fernando de la Roua, yielding to popular pressure, resigned and left the presidential palace by helicopter.
Twenty years ago, false prosperity, the peso’s unbearable connection to the dollar, the country’s excessive debt, successive austerity programs caused one of the biggest crises in Argentina, a social explosion that left permanent scars in the country, as broadcast by ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ. Shop looting, demonstrations and clashes with security forces killed at least 39 people across the country in 48 hours, who were killed by police bullets – some a few meters away from the Plaza de Mayo – and hundreds injured.
The Court of Cassation recently confirmed Former federal police chief and former security secretary sentenced to 3 and 4 years in prison respectively for their role in suppressing the 2001 uprising. However, they appealed to the Supreme Court.
“All the deaths of those days were unjust, there was no justified death”
Yesterday the Argentine president Alberto Fernandes received at the presidential palace the parents and relatives of the victims of 2001 to honor them but also for the unveiling of an honorary plaque that has been placed on the fence of the entrance of the mansion, with the names of the 39 victims. “All the deaths in those days were unjust, there was no justified death,” Fernandez said before unveiling the plaque, which reads: “In memory of those who were victims of institutional violence defending democracy in all the streets of the country.”
The government also announced last week a bill that will soon be submitted to parliament for approval to compensate victims of police repression. But last night The radical left was also targeted by the government for trying to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to settle its $ 44 billion debt, following a loan taken by the previous government of President Mauricio Macri.
“We are again asking Washington for an agreement that will bring us a decade of misery,” said Nestor Pitrola, a trade unionist and chairman of the Labor Party. “For 20 years no government has been able to make Argentina autonomous or lift it out of poverty,” he added.
Eight days ago, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Buenos Aires, following calls from radical left-wing organizations to protest an agreement with the IMF and the prospect of economic reforms that would hurt society. This is in a country that has just emerged from three years of recession, which was partly caused by the covid-19 pandemic, and in which poverty affects 40% of the population.
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