Argentina: rubber bullets and tear gas against municipal workers.
May 11 2007 18:29
Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina
According to reports on Argentina indymedia, municipal workers in Río Gallegos, capital city of Santa Cruz province and home of Argentine president Néstor Kirchner, were attacked by state police while marching to demand payment of a promised wage increase. The march on May 9th was entirely non-violent and was attempting to go to the provincal center of government to register their demands when they were attacked with tear gas, rubber bullets, and according to some reports lead shot fired from within the police ranks. Twelve people were injured including Pedro Biott, secretary of the municipal workers union. Union and social movement spokespersons blame President Kirchner, former Governor of Santa Cruz and a "left" Peronist for both the economic policies and the violence
The attack is the latest in a series of repressive acts against the workers movement in Santa Cruz, including other police attacks on non-violent protests and clandestine firebomb attacks against union offices.
http://argentina.indymedia.org/features/nacionales/#3609
May 11 2007 18:40
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would what i just did work with a graphic? if i can figure out how to save the pictures of the injured workers.
May 11 2007 19:56
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nice work Dave!
May 11 2007 20:10
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Good thing i'm a vain picky bastard who likes to go back over his work. I somehow gave that poor chap the wrong name! changed it.
May 11 2007 20:21
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I do it all the time, usually because I forget to add tags.
Any chance you could put something together for the news section?
I've got a source for south america but it's french so it usually takes a couple of days.