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Current Event "Police and protesters clash as worker strike paralyzes Argentina"

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Current Event "Police and protesters clash as worker strike paralyzes Argentina"

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*The first worker strike in Argentina in president Mauricio Macri's 16th month term.
*Protestors are fighting for wage increases because poverty is growing while some people hold all of the wealth.
*A recent poll showed that for the first time in the president's term, he is more disapproved than approved by the people.

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Military ruled from 1955-1983, sometimes directly, and other times through controlling elected leaders.

They regularly overthrew civilian govenment.

In the 1970s, there was lots of political turmoil.
*Left-wing terrorists kidnapped government officials and leaders.
*Right-wing terrorists were death squads that killed labor leaders and student leaders.

1973, Juan Peron became president again and stopped this military violence.

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These new costly programs brought the country to bankruptcy.

Peron restricted civil rights and the government also became corrupt, and once Eva died in 1952, his popularity went down greatly.

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The government had lots of foreign debt, and needed to reform to get right of it.
*Froze wages and prices for many people/items
*Laid off thousands of government workers
*Sold national airlines, raillroads, and telephone companies away *Made huge budget cuts and reduced services to citizens.

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1980, There was lots of inflation in Argentina and it hurt many workers and employers. Prices inflated by 1000%

Inflation = a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money

There was also lots of foreign debt and the governement took drastic measures to get out of it.

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1983, the Democracy was restored in Argentina.

1989, they chose a new president and power was finally passed over peacefully for the first time since 1928.

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Juan Peron was elected president in 1946
He promised higher wages and economic nationalism
Nationalized railroads, reduced foreign control, and rose wages.

Eva backed her husband up greatly.
*She used threats to get "donations" from the rich and then gave the money to the poor or used it to build hospitals and schools.

She also gave the right to vote for women in 1947.

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Many human rights violations occurred. Thousands of people disappeared, many were tortured, and others were arrested.

Mothers would macrh to Plaza de Mayo in protest of their children disappearing and not being found.

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The army seized power and launched a brutal campaign against workers, students, and "enemies of the state."

30,000 people disappeared, arrested, or tortured beause of this.