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Argentina: The honeymoon’s already over for Mauricio Macri
Argentina: The honeymoon’s already over for Mauricio Macri
Posted on December 18, 2015 by Sabina Becker
Macri out!” reads a graffito on a shelter in Buenos Aires. It’s a sign of the times for the new so-called president, who’s barely been inaugurated and is already facing calls for his resignation from an indignant, and very large, contingent of Argentines:
Thousands of Argentines marched to their congress today to repudiate the multiple measures taken by president Mauricio Macri during his first week in office.
The congressional plaza overflowed with demonstrators who reject the announced reform of the Law of Audiovisual Communications Services, better known as the “Media Law”, which the president plans to implement.
Just yesterday, according to EFE, the first demonstration in the Plaza de Mayo took place to defend a law which had become one of the symbols of the government of former president Cristina Fernández, who maintained a constant battle with the opposition press, headed by the Clarín Group, the most important multimedia corporation of the land.
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http://www.sabinabecker.com/
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