Argentinians protest over economic reforms
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🗓️ 13 June 2024
⏱️ 8 minutes
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From the BBC World Service: Demonstrators argued that the measures, which include cutting state spending and watering down workers’ rights, will hurt millions of working Argentinians. Meanwhile, leaders of the G7 are meeting in Italy to discuss increasing economic pressure on Russia in response to its war against Ukraine. And around the world, hundreds of thousands of tons of nuclear waste are piling up in temporary storage, but Finland thinks it has a solution.
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| 0:40.0 | Listen now. Protests have broken out over Argentina's controversial economic reforms. |
| 0:55.0 | Hello, I'm Leanna Byrne and thank you for tuning into the Marketplace Morning Report and we are live from the BBC World Service. |
| 1:02.0 | Yeah, we're going to start in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires, |
| 1:05.0 | which saw riot police fire tear gas, |
| 1:08.0 | rubber bullets and water cannons at protesters. economic reforms were being debated by lawmakers. |
| 1:23.1 | The country's Senate approved the general plan by just one vote and will review it before |
| 1:27.3 | it returns to the lower house. |
| 1:29.7 | Demonstrators argue that the measures, which include cutting state spending and changing workers |
| 1:33.8 | rights will hurt millions of working Argentinians. Here's the BBC's Veronica |
| 1:38.0 | Smink in Buenos Aires. This approval is a big win for Milay. |
| 1:43.0 | It's the first law that they seem to be able to approve. |
| 1:46.2 | Milay is supported by about half of Argentines. |
| 1:49.6 | The other half oppose them very, very strongly. |
| 1:53.2 | And many people are opposed in particular, |
| 1:56.3 | you know, this law, the formal name is law of bases |
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