BUENOS AIRES, March 21 (Xinhua) — The General Confederation of Labor of Argentina announced Thursday that it will hold a general strike on April 10 in rejection of the policies of the government headed by President Javier Milei.
Union leader Hector Daer questioned the public policies of the current administration, repudiated “the government’s repression of social protest” and demanded “that public works be reopened.”
Daer also denied receiving calls from the executive branch to cancel the protest.
Presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni said during a press conference that the strike would not achieve its intended goal of altering government policy.
The Argentine Center for Political Economy has estimated that the population’s purchasing power in the South American country had fallen by more than 9 percent over the past year.
Argentina’s economy contracted 1.7 percent in 2024 as the government’s austerity measures hit consumption and investment, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses said Wednesday.
