The Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, has presented a new protocol against street blockades as tension increases over the economic cuts announced this week
If you ever even visited Buenos Aires for a few days, you’d know these protests are astroturfed. Opposition will fill busses from the villas miserias (equivalent to favelas) and flood the streets and gridlock the capital for hours. It happens so often that its become a regular nuisance. A lot of these people don’t work and are on social plans. They are essentially used as a foot army by the peronistas to manipulate political power.
I’m not saying this to justify whats going on, but giving people context.
Sure, but that’s not my point. The comment I was replying tried to dismiss what I said because apparently it’s impossible for people to protest someone who hasn’t taken office yet.
No, my comment was questioning whether a political party would bus protestors in to protest their own party, not claiming that there weren’t any protests at all.
EDIT: I was assuming these protests were happening for months. That said, I can see that they could be protesting the election results, so the time between the election and the swearing in.
If you ever even visited Buenos Aires for a few days, you’d know these protests are astroturfed. Opposition will fill busses from the villas miserias (equivalent to favelas) and flood the streets and gridlock the capital for hours. It happens so often that its become a regular nuisance. A lot of these people don’t work and are on social plans. They are essentially used as a foot army by the peronistas to manipulate political power.
I’m not saying this to justify whats going on, but giving people context.
it’s also not a right wing government without people insisting that all the noise is just poor people who should be ignored
Uhhh… Milei’s been in office for what, a week? Are you saying the “Peronistas” were driving people in to protest their own government?
Bruh. Yes. Remember there were protests against Trump before he was even president?
Yeah except those protests were not astroturfed, just people with valid complaints.
And they were right.
Sure, but that’s not my point. The comment I was replying tried to dismiss what I said because apparently it’s impossible for people to protest someone who hasn’t taken office yet.
No, my comment was questioning whether a political party would bus protestors in to protest their own party, not claiming that there weren’t any protests at all.
EDIT: I was assuming these protests were happening for months. That said, I can see that they could be protesting the election results, so the time between the election and the swearing in.