Dozens of people, including journalists, were injured on Thursday by rubber bullets fired by motorized police outside Congress, during the second consecutive day of protests against the package of laws presented by President Javier Milei.
In addition, police used batons, tear gas and water cannons to remove protesters from the streets.
The CTA-A issued a statement describing what happened as an attack on democracy and on those who defend the rights they have achieved. “Our Central demands that deputies represent us with dignity and legislate for the well-being of workers and not for the voracity of transnational companies,” the organization said. “We denounce the absolutely excessive operation that ended with people injured by rubber bullets, burned by pepper spray and detained.”
The CTA-A also condemned the attacks on journalists and deputies from Unión por la Patria and the Left Front. “We declare ourselves in a state of alert and mobilization and demand the immediate release of the detainees. We say again that the Homeland is not for sale, it is to be defended,” the workers organization concluded.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel denounced the repression and demanded respect for the Constitution.
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