BUENOS AIRES, February 2 The number of protest participants Congress in Buenos Aires has grown significantly, the police have driven people onto the sidewalk, the demonstration continues, the correspondent reports.
About two thousand people gathered in the center of Buenos Aires. People shout obscenities at the police and whistle.
At the moment the situation has calmed down a little, people do not go out onto the roadway. The streets near the congress were opened to traffic.
Argentines are gathering for the second day at the congress building, where the economic reforms of the new president, Javier Miley, are being considered.
The devaluation of the national currency, a sharp rise in prices, the lack of wage growth and any relief in the near future from the new government, the promised privatization and dollarization forced many people to take to the streets. Since Miley came to power, trade unions and leftist movements have held several large protests and strikes involving thousands of people.