From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [pttp] Argentina unrest - update BBC. 19 December 2001. Protesters burn Argentine town hall. Protesters in Argentina have set fire to the town hall in the provincial capital of Cordoba, after a night of violence there and in Buenos Aires. In Cordoba, a car-making centre northwest of Buenos Aires, workers protesting at government plans to reduce wages and apply other austerity measures, occupied the town hall, and then set light to the building. Police dispersed the demonstrators using tear gas and rubber bullets. So far there have been no official reports of casualties, although local television showed several people hurt and others being arrested. In several suburbs of the capital, Buenos Aires, people smashed shop windows in the early hours of Wednesday, stealing merchandise from food to clothing as police in full riot gear fired tear gas to disperse them. At one rally, demonstrators shouted: "We are hungry; we want food!" Five police officers were injured in the clashes, according to officials. Police were reported to be planning to step up their presence outside supermarkets in the capital later on Wednesday. The protests come amid a deepening economic crisis in Argentina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
