{"article":{"id":13747,"heading":"A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN HISTORY DEC 20, 2001","author":"IMC-Argentina","created":"2001-12-22 08:38:35","modified":"2013-11-10 23:43:11","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 06:43:11","article":"

The night already took control of everything, and the shouts and shots that once in a while the wind brings extinguish with each drop of rain. Today will pass into history as the first time that the Argentine masses threw out a president who arrived at the government by means of the ballot boxes. What began as a big wave of hunger sackings and derived, after the declaration of the state of siege, in a spontaneous rise of the middle-class and ample sectors of workers, gave by earth the government. Throughout the day confrontations took place in the center of the Federal capital, and in Mar del Plata, Córdoba, Río Negro, Neuquén, Chubut y Mendoza, according to the last information. The number of dead rose to 26, five of them in the repression in Plaza de Mayo and the number of wounded rose into the hundreds. After noon, a column headed by the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo tried to enter a plaza where spontaneous demonstrators struggled with the police. In spite of the repression, from the rubber bullets, the armored cars and the mounted police, hundreds of people arrived to join the protest. From the buildings people threw all type of things at the police. The demonstrators advanced, threw stones and withdrew to regroup. In the corridors of the power President De la Rua's imminent resignation was being discussed, but the police continued loading. They called for a common government in with the PJ. No one wanted to know anything. There were thousands of us, and we advanced towards the Obelisco. Again they moved to enter, to advance, to back down facing the mounted police. Hundreds of youths in the first line braved the gases and rubber bullets and held out as long as necessary to regroup. The bonfires die down a little, growing more smokey, and the surrounding businesses begin to lose their furniture so that the street continues burning.<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/argentina.indymedia.org","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"December 20: The day which we threw out a president from the streets of Buenos Aires.","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2001\/12\/111enfrantamientos.jpg","filesize":"16.1 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2001\/12\/13747.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2001\/12\/111enfrantamientos.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2001\/12\/111enfrantamientos.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":13775,"heading":"to the compa\u00f1eras & compa\u00f1eros...","article":"Many of your comrades here in the U.S. are anxious to know--as we salute your strength, numbers and fastidiousness in the streets--what are the prospects? You have sent de la R\u00faa shitting his pants and now perhaps there will be new elections?\r\n\r\nBut what are the mobilizations projecting for the future of Argentina?\r\n\r\nWhat are those protests hungering after? What are people saying in the streets that they want?\r\n\r\nIn complete solidarity,\r\n--felix","author":"felix","parent_id":13747,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-12-23 21:56:49","modified":"2013-11-10 23:43:11","fileurl":""},{"id":13963,"heading":"from argentina","article":"Felix\r\n\r\nToday, 01\/04, we have a new (i lost the count) president. In this moment, everybody, in everywhere is waiting for economic plan announcements. the government has moved the announcement for monday, so they can \"argue\" in the congress. the devaluation is a fact... 95% of people who live from their salaries is going to lose a lot. \r\nthe problem now is exactly what are we doing netx. in some places there are popular assembley, in some places workers are fighting for their rights, in some places there are riots with police (i don't know if that's the right word)\r\nwe have to think the next step, i think. \r\ni don't think the peronist governement will give us a solution. our problem is the capitalism in argentina is killing 55 children by day, let 14 millions of people live under poverty line, 4 million of workers are unemployed or they have problem with their job, 40 % has no working rights, 500.000 young boys and girls can't study or work. \r\nwe need a final solution... we can make a different argentina, but not in capitalism. so today, i remerber \"capitalism kill, let's kill capitalism\"\r\nwe need all workers energy in this, we don't need all that corrupt leaders that make deals wtih the government. \r\n\r\nwe need all international solidarity as possible in front of every argentine embassy or consulate. we need support. we need to stop police brutality. we must win and next to workers powers, i think we can do it\r\n\r\nin solidarity, \r\nceleste\r\n\r\nsorry my poor english... ","author":"celeste","parent_id":13747,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2002-01-06 04:28:09","modified":"2002-01-06 05:00:04","fileurl":""}]}