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  • 20/09/2012 | Argentina

    Protesters lift roadblock on 9 de Julio Avenue

    Members of the CCC social faction lifted a roadblock they were staging on 6 lanes of the 9 de Julio Avenue intersection Belgrano Ave., leaving only two open lanes as they protested in demand of more welfare plans as well as raising the minimum pension floor to 82% of contributors' real average earning.

  • 04/07/2012 | Argentina

    PAE terminates 'Los Dragones' contract

    Pan American Energy oil company terminated the contracts of Skanska and Contreras Hermanos, which exploit “Cerro Dragón” oilfield in Chubut province and whose almost 1,000 workers who have been carrying out a picket for the last 13 days.

  • 18/07/2012 | Argentina

    City expected to be rubbish-free by Saturday, City gov't says

    Members of several rubbish recycling cooperatives lifted the roadblock set up at the entrance to the CEAMSE landfill although City Public Space Minister Diego Santilli assured that the capital will only be free of rubbish by Saturday.

  • 24/07/2012 | Argentina

    San Antonio de Areco residents lift roadblock after 11-hour protest

    After eleven hours of protests, hundreds of San Antonio de Areco residents who had set up a roadblock on route 41decided to clear the way and let traffic through. They were protesting the poor road conditions in the area.

  • 09/03/2012 | Argentina

    Villa 31 residents lift Illia highway entrance blockade

    A group of Villa 31 shanty-town residents lifted the 12 hour roadblock they had staged in Castillo street and the access to the Illia highway. They will meet on Monday with City's Government Secretary in order to negotiate two school buses to take their children to nearby kindergartens.

  • 10/04/2012 | Argentina

    60 bus line drivers lift roadblock

    60 bus line drivers lifted the roadblock they had staged in Callao and Rivadavia avenues, outside the Congress, to claim for security measures and to protest against the firing of four drivers. Earlier they staged a roadblock at the kilometre 47 mark of Panamericana highway. 

  • 26/06/2012 | Argentina

    Pueyrredón bridge blocked off on 10th anniversary of Kosteki and Santillán murders

    Pueyrredón bridge was blocked off this morning by social movements, to mark the tenth anniversary since activists Maximiliano Kosteki and Darío Santillán were killed by the Buenos Aires province police. Cabinet Chief Juan Abal Medina led the ceremony that commemorated the deaths.

  • 02/02/2012 | Argentina

    Workers lift roadblock outside Ezeiza airport

    Outsourced workers who provide cleaning and security services at Ezeiza international airport staged a roadblock during several hours to protest “poor working conditions”, preventing passengers from entering the airport premises.

  • 15/02/2012 | Argentina

    CTA leads protest against antiterrorism law in Congress

    Argentine Workers Union (CTA), unions human rights organizations and members of political parties including  UCR, Civic Coalition and Proyecto Sur marched to Congress against anti-terrorism law, because they consider it "aims to criminalize social protest."

  • 07/03/2012 | Argentina

    Rallies cause traffic chaos in the City

    Two rallies caused chaos in traffic in Downtown Buenos Aires. Workers of recovered factories staged a roadblock in 9 de Julio and Corrientes avenues and then marched down to the Labour Ministry, along Leandro N. Alem avenue, while BA City and province State workers claimed for wage hike in front of the Economy Ministry.

  • 03/01/2012 | Argentina

    Protesters block off General Paz; traffic delays

    Demonstrators were blocking off one Buenos Aires main motorways today causing all Río de la Plata-bound lanes to be closed off. Protests began around 8 am causing heavy tailbacks for drivers.

  • 16/01/2012 | Argentina

    Street peddlers lift roadblock on Corrientes Avenue

    A small group of street peddlers lifted a roadblock on Corrientes Avenue after five hours in protest against the new legislation that bans them from selling their goods on Florida st.

  • 23/01/2012 | Argentina

    Villa 31 slum neighbours lift second roadblock at bus terminal

    Neighbours of the Retiro’s Villa 31 slum lifted the roadblock they had staged at the intersection of Ramos Mejía and Antártida Argentina streets, blocking one of the main access to Retiro's long distance bus terminal.

  • 06/10/2011 | Argentina

    Protesters block Dellepiane highway, traffic chaos ensues

    Protesters staged a roadblock in the Dellepiane highway, in the City neighbourhood of Villa Lugano. All lanes are blocked, thus causing a traffic chaos in the area, including the nearby 25 de Mayo highway.

  • 13/12/2011 | Argentina

    Shopkeepers block off Corrientes Avenue, Florida Street to protest against street peddlers

    Shopkeepers and store owners of business of known commercial street Florida staged a roadblock today of Corrientes Avenue and Florida intersection to protest against the street peddlers known as “manteros” who carry out their activities at the sidewalks of the pedestrian street.

  • 20/12/2011 | Argentina

    March to Plaza de Mayo commemorates 2001 crisis

    Members of leftist political groups marched to Plaza de Mayo to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the downfall of President Fernando de la Rúa and the subsequent economic crisis that ravaged the country and left 38 people dead in December 2001. They also set Plaza de Mayo's Christmas tree on fire.

  • 09/08/2011 | Argentina

    Protesters lift roadblock in 9 de Julio avenue

    Members of the Association of Self-administrated Cooperatives lifted the block of the lanes of the 9 de Julio Avenue, between Belgrano and Moreno streets, in front of the Ministry of Social development. They demanded a wage increase.

  • 28/09/2011 | Argentina

    Protesters lift 9 de Julio avenue roadblock

    Leftist organizations lifted a roadblock they had staged in Nueve de Julio avenue in claims of increase of wages within the "Argentina works" cooperative plan and that caused chaos in traffic in nearby areas.

  • 30/09/2011 | Argentina

    Dockyard workers lift Ezeiza int'l airport access roadblock

    Dockyard workers of the Ezeiza international airport  lifted the road block they had staged in access to the terminal. The measure caused a traffic jam and several kilometres-long lanes to enter the country’s most important airport.

  • 30/05/2011 | Argentina

    Activists stage protests on 9 de Julio Av., maintain roadblock

    Two protests on the 9 de Julio Av. once again created a traffic chaos during rush hour, with non-combatant soldiers and social organizations activists setting up roadblocks throughout the busy artery.

  • 12/07/2011 | Argentina

    Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Foundation builders lift roadblock

    Workers who build homes for the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Foundation have lifted the roadblock they during staged seven hours in the General Paz avenue in demand of wage increas

  • 08/08/2011 | Argentina

    Malvinas soldiers blocked 9 de Julio Avenue

    A group of Malvinas war veterans blocked all lanes of Nueve de Julio avenue for several hours admist a strong presence of police officers. They demanded to be considered as war combatants of the 1982 conflict.

  • 28/12/2010 | Argentina

    Roadblocks in place throughout city for Dakar Rally

    More roadblocks were set throughout the city in preparations for the Dakar Rally 2011, which is scheduled to begin next Saturday in front of the Obelisk and covers large portions of both the Argentine and Chilean territory.

  • 06/04/2011 | Argentina

    Villa 31 protesters lift roadblock on Illia Highway

    Residents from the Villa 31 shantytown staged a roadblock on the Illia Highway for over six hours interrupting traffic completely, in order to protest that the SAME ambulances refuse to enter the area due to insecurity.

  • 20/04/2011 | Argentina

    After Scioli's orders, protesters lift roadblock on Route 2

    The roadblock of the Route 2 at the 54 kilometre that lasted several hours has been lifted after Buenos Aires City Governor ordered the police to take “any necessary measures” to lift it, according to the Security and Justice Ministry.


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