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Weekly Report - 24 August 2017 (WR-17-33)
ARGENTINA: Macri untroubled by labour protest
The Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT), along with a range of other labour unions and opposition-aligned social and political organisations, held a protest rally in the centre of the city of Buenos Aires on 22 August. Despite the overt threat of another general strike, it looks as if the government led by President Mauricio Macri is not unduly concerned: it has been heartened by signs of division among the protesters.
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