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Series of protests in Argentina in 2020 the Dublin Bus route Dublin Bus the terrorist attack in Spain 2017 Barcelona attacks 17A En busca de la libertad 01.jpg 200px August 17, 2020 Argentina (Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Santa Fe, Mendoza, etc.) Argentina Government of Argentina Pro-government parties 18px Frente de Todos Peronist Party Ministry of Health (Argentina) Non-partisan protesters Anti-peronist groups 18px Juntos por el Cambio (support) Argentina Alberto Fernández Non-partisan protesters Thousands Democratic backsliding and prospect of dissolution of the Congress Widespread government corruption Inefficient government response to the COVID-19 pandemic Extreme yet inefficient response of the government Rampant crime, violence and classism Increase on state pensions and sharp decrease on social incentives Maintenance of the separation of powers and defense of the institutions Relaxation of quarantine measures More freedom of movement Stop further democratic backsliding of the government Resignation of president Alberto Fernández and Minister of Health Ginés González García (far-right minority groups) demonstrations, civil disobedience, online activism, protest march, cacerolazos, car marches On 18 September, president Alberto Fernández announced less social restrictions and more economic relief Increased political and social division Fernández's popularity collapsed, with near 70% of disapproval Less restrictive social distancing since September Eventual dismissal of González García due to vaccine corruption in 2021 The 17A protests were a series of massive demonstrations in Argentina which took place on August 17, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, for several causes, including defense constitutional institutions and separation of powers, against a justice reform project that would further empower the government, the quarantine legislation (Argentina had the harshest and largest quarantine in the world, though it proved futile), state indifference amidst rampant theft, and a raise on state pensions.2020-08-18 Anti-government protesters defy virus measures in Argentina https://www.france24.com/en/20200818-anti-government-protesters-defy-virus-measures-in-argentina 2020-08-30 France 24 enAugust 17, 2020 LIVE: Crowds in Buenos Aires rally against quarantine measures in Argentina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaabLGEg1U4 https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/GaabLGEg1U4 2021-12-21 live Reuters17 August 2020 "Contra la Reforma Judicial y la falta de libertades": los testimonios del #17A es-AR Página 12 Buenos Aires https://tn.com.ar/videos/politica/contra-la-reforma-judicial-y-la-falta-de-libertades-los-testimonios-del-17a_1105783 17 August 202017 August 2020 Marcha del 17A: banderazo contra el Gobierno en el Obelisco y las principales ciudades del país es-AR Clarín Buenos Aires https://www.clarin.com/politica/marcha-17a-protestas-gobierno-obelisco-principales-ciudades-pais_0_rGaLFuylL.html 17 August 202017 August 2020 Avellaneda, la cuna de Vicentin, es una de las ciudades donde se siente fuerte la protesta del 17A es-AR Clarín Buenos Aires https://www.clarin.com/ 17 August 202017 August 2020 En Viedma también hubo marcha contra la cuarentena y la reforma judicial es-AR Río Negro General Roca https://www.rionegro.com.ar/en-viedma-tambien-hubo-marcha-contra-la-cuarentena-y-la-reforma-judicial-1467413/ 17 August 2020 The main protest was in the Buenos Aires Obelisk. Demonstrations were also held in other parts of the city, such as Cabildo and Juramento (a main intersection in Belgrano), in front of the department of Cristina Kirchner (in Recoleta), and in other cities: Córdoba, Santa Fe, Mendoza, Tucumán, Mar del Plata, Lomas de Zamora, Adrogué, Avellaneda (Santa Fe), Viedma.17 August 2020 La marcha de los contagios: los anticuarentena en el Obelisco https://www.pagina12.com.ar/285664-la-marcha-de-los-contagios-los-anticuarentena-en-el-obelisco 17 August 2020 Página 12 Buenos Aires es-AR17 August 2020 es-AR Las protestas en todo el país: Tucumán, Mar del Plata, Rosario y Córdoba también marcharon el #17A Todo Noticias Buenos Aires https://tn.com.ar/videos/politica/las-protestas-en-todo-el-pais-tucuman-mar-del-plata-rosario-y-cordoba-tambien-marcharon-el-17a_1105792 17 August 202017 August 2020 es-AR Cacerolas y bocinazos. Cientos de personas se congregan frente a la Quinta de Olivos La Nación Buenos Aires https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/cacerolas-bocinazos-cientos-personas-se-congregan-frente-nid2423763 17 August 202017 August 2020 La "Caravana por la República" se hizo sentir en Tucumán La Gaceta San Miguel de Tucumán https://www.lagaceta.com.ar/nota/856396/actualidad/caravana-republica-se-hace-sentir-tucuman.html 17 August 2020 es-AR17 August 2020 Adrogué se sumó a la protesta contra el gobierno nacional Noticias de Brown Almirante Brown https://www.debrown.com.ar/adrogue-se-sumo-a-la-protesta-contra-el-gobierno-nacional/ 17 August 2020 es-AR Protests were also held in Punta del Este, Uruguay.17 August 2020 Marcha 17A: argentinos también se manifestaron en Punta del Este es-UY Correo de Punta del Este Punta del Este http://correopuntadeleste.com/marcha-17a-argentinos-tambien-se-manifestaron-en-punta-del-este-tambien/ 19 August 2020 The protests were organized mainly through social networks, by accounts that oppose the government, but with a nonpartisan focus, since no political party claimed the protests and there wasn't a consolidated opposition leader yet, and neither any party emblems were seen in the protests.15 August 2020 Santilli también se despegó de la marcha anticuarentena Página 12 Buenos Aires https://www.pagina12.com.ar/285281-santilli-tambien-se-despego-de-la-marcha-anticuarentena 17 August 2020 es-AR17 August 2020 La marcha del 17A Fernán Quirós: "Que el esfuerzo colectivo no corra riesgo por la necesidad de un subgrupo de expresarse" Todo Noticias Buenos Aires https://tn.com.ar/sociedad/la-marcha-del-17a-fernan-quiros-que-el-esfuerzo-colectivo-no-corra-riesgo-por-la-necesidad-de-un_1105670 17 August 2020 es-AR15 August 2020 Patricia Bullrich: "El PRO no convoca a la marcha del lunes, pero voy a ir sin romper ninguna regla" https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202008/502746-patricia-bullrich-pro-marcha-anticuarentena-lunes.html https://web.archive.org/web/20210521230131/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202008/502746-patricia-bullrich-pro-marcha-anticuarentena-lunes.html 21 May 2021 17 August 2020 Télam Buenos Aires es-AR Still, some politicians who oppose the government took part in the protests as private citizens, such as Patricia Bullrich, the leader of the PRO party.17 August 2020 Marcha del 17A: cómo fue la participación de Bullrich en el banderazo Ámbito Financiero Buenos Aires https://www.ambito.com/politica/cuarentena/marcha-del-17a-como-fue-la-participacion-bullrich-el-banderazo-n5125591 17 August 2020 The Peronist government of the time mocked the participants and accused them of being "anti-quarantine", denying pandemic containment efforts.17 August 2020 Roberto Salvarezza dijo que "la marcha anticuarentena va a traer consecuencias en el número de contagios" Página 12 Buenos Aires https://www.pagina12.com.ar/285602-roberto-salvarezza-dijo-que-la-marcha-anticuarentena-va-a-tr 17 August 202017 August 2020 Ginés González García criticó a las personas que asistirán a la marcha MDZ Online Mendoza https://www.mdzol.com/politica/2020/8/17/gines-gonzalez-garcia-critico-las-personas-que-asistiran-la-marcha-98953.html 17 August 2020 es-AR17 August 2020 Salvarezza: "La marcha del 17A va a traer consecuencias en el número de contagios" Ámbito Financiero Buenos Aires https://www.ambito.com/politica/vacuna/salvarezza-la-marcha-del-17a-va-traer-consecuencias-el-numero-contagios-n5125500 17 August 2020 es-AR Causes On March 12, 2020, a strict lockdown was established across Argentina. This, at first, caused a spike in the positive image of President Alberto Fernández during March. Several causes made it went down over the following months of "preventive and mandatory isolation", reaching in August a record-low positive image since the start of the lockdown measures.19 August 2020 La imagen de Alberto Fernández es negativa por primera vez desde el inicio de la pandemia Perfil Buenos Aires https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/imagen-alberto-fernandez-es-negativa-por-primera-vez-desde-inicio-pandemia.phtml es-ARCRISIS SANITARIA COVID-19 - Índices de optimismo & Encuestas Temáticas http://myfconsultora.com.ar/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IO-Resumen-Cien-d%C3%ADas-COVID-19.pdf Management & Fit es-AR 2020-08-30 2021-04-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20210419185706/http://myfconsultora.com.ar/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IO-Resumen-Cien-d%C3%ADas-COVID-19.pdf dead29 July 2020 Crece el pesimismo sobre el futuro económico y la capacidad del Gobierno de controlar la pandemia El Cronista Buenos Aires https://www.cronista.com/economiapolitica/Crece-el-pesimismo-sobre-el-futuro-economico-y-la-capacidad-del-Gobierno-de-controlar-la-pandemia-20200729-0030.html es-AR18 August 2020 INFORME X - ESPECIAL COVID-19 https://giacobbeconsultores.com/descargas/informeX_agosto_2020_covid19.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0RuDpviJemR0LR1e20K-eGoAdaT2bZhvHGTdBT4lzFp7iT9kWC5TThme0 Giacobbe Opinión Pública es-AR PDF15 July 2020 Encuesta: cae la imagen del Gobierno por la cuarentena y el 60% afirma que su situación económica empeoró El Cronista Buenos Aires https://www.cronista.com/economiapolitica/Encuesta-cae-la-imagen-del-Gobierno-por-la-cuarentena-y-el60-afirma-que-su-situacion-economica-empeoro-20200715-0024.html es-AR Opinion Polls showed a sharp decline in economic expectations of the population, primarily in the future employment and prices expectations.4 August 2020 Más de la mitad de los argentinos cree que la situación económica está peor que el año pasado y que se agravará aún más Infobae Buenos Aires https://www.infobae.com/politica/2020/08/04/mas-de-la-mitad-de-los-argentinos-cree-que-la-situacion-economica-esta-peor-que-el-ano-pasado-y-que-se-agravara-aun-mas/ es-AR People who approved the handle of the pandemic went from a 91.7% in March to a 62.4% in June, while disapproval went from a 5.5% in March to a 35.8% in June. On the 9th of July, protesters rallied against the government on the Buenos Aires Obelisk and in several other points of the country.Beato Vassolo Inés 10 July 2020 Multitudinario banderazo contra el Gobierno en diferentes puntos del país es-AR La Nación Buenos Aires https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/comenzo-banderazo-federal-del-9-julio-nid2394297/10 July 2020 El nuevo "banderazo" anticuarentena del 9 de July, con los discursos de siempre Página 12 Buenos Aires https://www.pagina12.com.ar/277540-el-nuevo-banderazo-anticuarentena-del-9-de-July-con-los-dis es-AR thumb|Protests in the 9 de Julio Avenue On the 30th of July, the President sent the Congress a Bill for Justice Reform with the objective, according to Fernández, of being able to "better organize the Federal Justice and overcoming the crisis affecting the credibility and well-function of the Federal Criminal Justice.Cibeira Fernando 30 July 2020 Alberto Fernández presentó la reforma judicial: "Una Justicia sobre la que no influyan los poderes" Página 12 Buenos Aires https://www.pagina12.com.ar/281743-alberto-fernandez-presento-la-reforma-judicial-una-justicia- es-AR2020-07-29 El Presidente presentó el proyecto de ley de reforma de la Justicia https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/el-presidente-presento-el-proyecto-de-ley-de-reforma-de-la-justicia Argentine Executive es-AR29 July 2020 Alberto Fernández: "Proponemos organizar mejor la justicia federal" https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202007/495948-alberto-fernandez-proyecto-reforma-judicial.html https://web.archive.org/web/20210727215315/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202007/495948-alberto-fernandez-proyecto-reforma-judicial.html 27 July 2021 Télam Buenos Aires es-AR This project foresaw the unification of Criminal and Economic Justice and the creation of 23 new courts, what would dilute the influence of the country's 12 federal judges, as well as the merger of appeal courts and imposing several new procedure rules for Federal Judges.29 July 2020 Punto por punto, los cambios que introduce la reforma judicial que presentó Alberto Fernández https://www.cronista.com/economiapolitica/Punto-por-punto-los-cambios-que-introduce-la-reforma-judicial-que-presento-Alberto-Fernandez-20200729-0046.html El Cronista Buenos Aires es-AR Also, an Advisory Board was created to propose reforms on the Supreme Court and the Council of Magistracy.Hauser Irina 28 July 2020 Reforma judicial: el Presidente definió los 11 firsts que integrarán el consejo asesor Página 12 Buenos Aires https://www.pagina12.com.ar/281212-reforma-judicial-el-presidente-definio-los-11-firsts-que-in es-AR28 July 2020 Reforma judicial: "La Corte Suprema debería tener 9 miembros", consideró un integrante del nuevo consejo de asesores del Presidente Infobae Buenos Aires https://www.infobae.com/politica/2020/07/28/reforma-judicial-la-corte-suprema-deberia-tener-9-miembros-considero-un-integrante-del-consejo-de-asesores/ es-AR In August, negative image of Alberto Fernandez surpassed, for the first time, the positive one. Only one poll, conducted by the state-owned UBA School of Social Sciences, showed a larger positive than negative image on the President.15 August 2020 A un año de las PASO, Alberto Fernández mantiene una alta imagen positiva Página 12 Buenos Aires https://www.pagina12.com.ar/285338-a-un-ano-de-las-paso-alberto-fernandez-mantiene-una-alta-ima es-AR In the Buenos Aires Province, primarily the Greater Buenos Aires, an increase in crimes committed by people with no previous record was seen, qualified as "survival crime" by the Minister of Security of the province, Sergio Berni.15 August 2020 Por la cuarentena, bajó el delito en la Ciudad es-AR Because of the quarantine, crime went down on the city Página 12 https://www.pagina12.com.ar/285171-por-la-cuarentena-bajo-el-delito-en-la-ciudad30 June 2020 Sergio Berni: "Ahora tenemos una presencia muy fuerte del delito de supervivencia" es-AR Sergio Berni: "We are now seeing a strong presence of the survival crime" Perfil Buenos Aires https://www.perfil.com/noticias/actualidad/sergio-berni-el-esfuerzo-recien-empieza.phtml<ref>2 July 2020 Berni: "Estamos deteniendo gente sin historial que comete delitos de supervivencia" es-AR Berni: "We are arresting people with no criminal record who does survival crimes" Telefé Noticias Buenos Aires https://telefenoticias.com.ar/politica/berni-por-primera-vez-estamos-deteniendo-gente-sin-historial-que-comete-delitos-de-supervivencia/ 30 August 2020 2 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200902064956/https://telefenoticias.com.ar/politica/berni-por-primera-vez-estamos-deteniendo-gente-sin-historial-que-comete-delitos-de-supervivencia/ dead This increase on crime was heavily covered by mass media and was one of the protesters claims. The National Ministry of Security, Sabina Frederic, stated: "There are not so much robberies [...] we are seeing violence acts during crime happening, which are being alerted, mainly, by mass media, which make them visible and follow-up the cases".3 August 2020 Sabina Frederic: "No son muchos los robos, los medios de comunicación los hacen visibles" Infobae Buenos Aires https://www.infobae.com/politica/2020/08/03/sabina-frederic-no-son-muchos-los-robos-los-medios-de-comunicacion-los-hacen-visibles/ es-AR3 August 2020 "No hay muchos robos en la Argentina", aseguró la ministra de Seguridad de la Nación La Capital Rosario https://www.lacapital.com.ar/no-hay-muchos-robos-la-argentina-aseguro-la-ministra-seguridad-la-nacion-n2600995.html es-AR After this statements, the Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers (Santiago Cafiero) added: "What I know is what the Ministry of Security, Frederic, is proposing according to a statistics comparing with the last year. Now, comparing with March, there are obviously more cases".5 August 2020 Cafiero: "Claramente hay aumento de casos de inseguridad desde el inicio de la pandemia" Télam Buenos Aires https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202008/498690-cafiero-claramente-hay-aumento-de-casos-de-inseguridad-desde-el-inicio-de-la-pandemia.html es-AR 30 August 2020 11 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200911031551/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202008/498690-cafiero-claramente-hay-aumento-de-casos-de-inseguridad-desde-el-inicio-de-la-pandemia.html dead5 August 2020 Cafiero habló de inseguridad y reconoció que hubo un aumento: "El delincuente no es delincuente porque es pobre" Los Andes Mendoza https://www.losandes.com.ar/politica/cafiero-hablo-de-inseguridad-y-reconocio-que-hubo-un-aumento-el-delincuente-no-es-delincuente-porque-es-pobre/ es-AR By the 17th of August, the day protests took place, the lockdown measures (officially known as "preventive and mandatory social isolation") had been on for 151 days in both the City of Buenos Aires and its Greater Area, while most of the rest of the country had gone to a less-strict phase called Social Distancing. Government response Alberto Fernández, president of Argentina: "The protests are an invitation to contagion",August 15, 2020 "Ahí tienen a los anticuarentena que aparecen muertos" dijo Alberto Fernández del 17A Perfil Buenos Aires https://www.perfil.com/noticias/actualidad/pandemia-alberto-fernandez-marcha-invitacion-al-contagio-criticas-a-oposicion-y-diarios.phtml August 17, 2020 es-AR and "They won't bend us, those who scream are usually not right"19 August 2020 Alberto Fernández tras el banderazo del 17A: "No nos van a doblegar, los que gritan no suelen tener razón" La Nación Buenos Aires https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/banderazo-17a-alberto-fernandez-no-nos-van-nid2425529 es-AR Ginés González García, Ministry of Health: "Today I read that elder people is being invited... it is a joke. The protests are a joke on all the measures we are trying with a big effort of all the argentine people". Santiago Cafiero, chief of staff: "We apologize to healthcare workers for not being able to avoid the protests".August 17, 2020 Cafiero el 17A: "Le pedimos perdón a los trabajadores de la salud por no haber podido evitar la marcha" es-AR Ámbito Financiero Buenos Aires https://www.ambito.com/salud/cafiero-el-17a-le-pedimos-perdon-los-trabajadores-la-no-haber-podido-evitar-la-marcha-n5125607 August 17, 2020 Roberto Salvarezza, Ministry of Science and Technology: "it will bring consequences in the number of infected people". Luana Volnovich, head of PAMI (a public health insurance for the elders): "If someone invited my mom to a protest, I'd kill them".August 16, 2020 Banderazo del 17 de agosto: "Si alguien convocara a mi mamá a una marcha, lo mato", afirmó Luana Volnovich, titular del PAMI es-AR La Nación Buenos Aires https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/banderazo-del-17-agosto-si-alguien-convocara-nid2422957 August 17, 2020 Participants Several public figures from Argentina participated in the protests: Luis Brandoni, actorAugust 17, 2020 Marcha 17A: quiénes fueron los opositores que se sumaron a la protesta o la respaldaron es-AR La Nación Buenos Aires https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/banderazo-17a-quienes-fueron-opositores-se-sumaron-nid2423780 August 17, 2020 Patricia Bullrich, chairwoman of the PRO partyPatoBullrich "#17AJuntosContraLaImpunidad" 1295450623094206466 August 17, 2020 es-AR Waldo Wolff, deputy (Juntos Por el Cambio)WolffWaldo "#17AJuntosContraLaImpunidad #NosotrosEstamos" 1295440014688620545 August 17, 2020 es-AR Héctor "Toty" Flores, deputy (Juntos Por el Cambio)TotyFlores "#17AJuntosContraLaImpunidad #17APorLaRepublica #17ASalimosTodos #17A" 1295434501947105282 August 17, 2020 es-AR Carolina Píparo, Buenos Aires province deputy (Juntos Por el Cambio)CarolinaPiparo "Acompaño con responsabilidad y con las convicciones de siempre. Todo mi apoyo y cariño a los miles de argentinos que reclaman una salida planificada a la cuarentena, firmeza ante la inseguridad y gritan un no rotundo a la reforma judicial #17AJuntosContraLaImpunidad #LaPlata ♥️🇦🇷" 1295451585309544448 August 17, 2020 es-AR Hernán Lombardi, politicianherlombardi "Acompañamos a la gente, manteniendo la distancia social, junto a Beto Brandoni. 1 argentino cada 2 metro diciendo no a la reforma judicial que persigue la impunidad. Sepa el gobierno escuchar. #17AJuntosContraLaImpunidad" 1295447868627660801 August 17, 2020 es-AR Andrés Horacio Ibarra, former Ministerandreshibarra "Más juntos que nunca defendiendo los valores de la República 🇦🇷💪🏻 #17AJuntosContraLaImpunidad" 1295456099454406661 August 17, 2020 es-AR See also 8N 18A 13N 18F References 2 Category:2020 protests Category:2020 in Argentina Category:Protests in Argentina Category:Protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic