2020–2021 Argentine protests

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2020 Argentine protests
Date	2020 – 2021
Location	Argentina (Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Santa Fe, Mendoza, etc)
Caused by	Alleged increasing democratic backsliding Government corruption and impunity Dissatisfaction with the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic Increase in crime, violence and classism Increase in state pensions and sharp decrease in spending on social services
Goals	Maintenance of the separation of powers and defense of the institutions More freedom of movement Resignation of president Alberto Fernández and Minister of Health Ginés González García
Methods	protest march , car marches
Resulted in	On 18 September, president Alberto Fernández announced less restrictions Increased political social division President’s lowest popularity ever, with 65% of disapproval Progressive rise of cases
Concessions	Less restrictive social distancing since September Government refuses to resign
Parties
Government Pro-government parties Frente de Todos Kirchnerist faction of the Justicialist Party Ministry of Health Supported by:  Venezuela Opposition Protesters Anti-Kirchnerist groups Juntos por el Cambio Menemist faction of the Justicialist Party Supported by:  Brazil
Lead figures
Cristina Kirchner Ginés González García José Mayans Miguel Angel Pichetto Elisa Carrió Patricia Bullrich
Number
Thousands

The 2020 Argentine protests were a series of demonstrations that occurred as of May 2020 in different parts of the country. The reasons were diverse, with the common denominator being dissatisfaction over the successive extensions of the isolation measures adopted to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease. For this reason, some media describe the protests as "antiquarantine." Other slogans expressed opposition to the government, denial of the existence of the pandemic and demands for more freedom, among others. In general, the participants in these protests did so from their vehicles in order to keep their distance from other people, although in some cases the attendees did not comply with the prevention measures established by the authorities.

There were also other marches and mobilizations in various parts of the country in protest for various issues.^[1]

Background

The first confirmed case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina was announced on 3 March 2020. On 19 March, President Alberto Fernández ordered the first stage of quarantine, initially until the 31st of the same month. At the time of adopting these measures, the positive image of the president was 72%. A week later, approval was still on the rise and was estimated at 82%. The isolation measures – with differentiation in different parts of the country according to the dynamics of the spread of the virus and the decisions of the local authorities – were extended over the months. The positive image of the president fell to values around 60% in July 2020, and remained practically stable for a time. By mid-October 2020, the approval of the discharge of the health emergency reached only 43%.

Timeline

May

On 25 May, a small group of people gathered in front of Plaza de Mayo, in the city of Buenos Aires. The call was made through social networks. Those attending the march – some 100 or 200 people according to different sources – expressed their dissatisfaction with the extension of the quarantine, demanded greater freedom, and in some cases adopted denialist positions regarding the existence of the pandemic. The protest included Cacerolazo of a group of people around the Obelisk and in some neighborhoods of the city.^[2]

June

On 6 June, a small group of people gathered in the vicinity of the Obelisk. Most of the attendees demanded the implementation of protocols that would allow the reopening of shops, gyms, and other activities. Other heterogeneous slogans were added to this claim, such as the rejection of a supposed "new world order", and a claim "for freedom", among others. On 20 June there was a demonstration called #BanderazoNacional.Various claims were added to the usual slogans such as "promoting the Republic" or that the country "does not become Argenzuela". It was called through social networks by opposition leaders, and included caravans of vehicles that circulated in the center of the city of Buenos Aires. The march, which gathered a few hundred people, occurred at a peak in the number of infections registered in the metropolitan area.^[3]

July

On 8 July 2020, former President

On 1 August, a group of about 300 protesters gathered in the center of the city of Buenos Aires. The call was made through social networks under the hashtag "1AYoVoy", with the aim of expressing the rejection of a reform project — presented by the national executive and not yet discussed in the National Congress — centered on federal justice.^[citation needed]

On 17 August, the demonstration called

Between the night of 1 and 2 September, protesters turned up late at night in discontent over the virtual session where deputies from Juntos por el Cambio who attended the Congress in person were "absent". It lasted until after 4 in the morning on 2 September with hundreds of protesters outside Congress; It was also attended by the actor and musician Alfredo Casero. On 13 September, protests were held in various parts of the country. With its epicenter in the center of the city of Buenos Aires, the convocation achieved little support.^[6]

On 19 September, new demonstrations were held in various parts of the country, such as La Plata, Córdoba, and San Miguel de Tucumán, among others. On this date, demonstrations were also held abroad, such as at the Argentine embassy in France. On 28 September, some 15,000 people demonstrated near the town of Palpalá, Jujuy province, demanding justice for the femicides committed in the province in the previous weeks.

October

On 12 October, a new mobilization took place that had the participation of opposition leaders, and was replicated in several cities such as

• December 2001 riots in Argentina
• Protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

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