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Strike halts public transportation, key services in the City (Buenos Aires)
http://buenosairesherald.com/article/156674/strike-halts-public-transportation-key-services-in-the-cityWith a general strike halting public transportation among other key services across the country, left-wing organizations were setting up pickets on the main access roads to Buenos Aires City. A gendarme resulted injured during clashes between protesters and the military police at the Panamericana highway.
The Panamericana picket is only one of the more than 40 protests that has been announced for today by leftists groups that decided to join the general strike launched by the anti-government splinters of the CGT labour confederation and the CTA workers’ central.
The Oeste highway, the Pueyrredón Bridge, the Pompeya Bridge as wells as the Houssay Square in BA City were also being hit by pickets and protests.
The walkout led by anti-Kirchnerites union leaders Hugo Moyano (CGT) and Luis Barrionuevo (CGT) and backed by CTA’s Pablo Micheli, was affecting all train, bus and tubes services in the Argentine capital city.
