Anti-government protesters defy COVID-19 measures in Argentina

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Thousands of opposition demonstrators took to the streets in cities across Argentina on Monday to protest against President Alberto Fernandez and ...

People wave Argentine flags during a protest in Buenos Aires against the government's tight lockdown measures against the spread of the novel COVID-19 coronavirus. BUENOS AIRES: Thousands of opposition demonstrators took to the streets in cities across Argentina on Monday to protest against President Alberto Fernandez and his plans to extend confinement measures against the coronavirus.

Demonstrators shouting"freedom, freedom" gathered around the landmark Obelisk in central Buenos Aires, waving Argentine flags and chanting anti-government slogans. The protests in Buenos Aires and other main cities took place despite a recent easing of restrictions, even as the country battles a steady rise in infections.According to the latest health figures, Argentina has recorded nearly 300,000 infections and 5,750 deaths from the coronavirus, while reporting more than 5,000 new cases a day for the past week.

The task ahead was to rebuild a country that has been"economically annihilated," by the former centre-right government of his predecessor Mauricio Macri.

 

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