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Clashes between retirees and police in Argentina during budget debate

In Buenos Aires, retirees clashed with police during a weekly march. Protesters overturned fences, and law enforcement used a water truck. A photographer was injured in the clash.


Clashes between retirees and police in Argentina during budget debate

A series of incidents were recorded on Wednesday afternoon during the weekly march that retirees are carrying out in the vicinity of the Congress, while deputies were debating the 2026 Budget. The protesters overturned the fences and confronted shoving with the Federal Police and Gendarmerie personnel who were deployed in the area to enforce the anti-picket protocol. Federal forces used a water truck to discourage the protest. The Federal Police is in charge of the operation at Congress, while the City Police was located in a third security cordon, police sources told the Noticias Argentina agency. "Another Wednesday of repression against retirees, tomorrow we will fill the Plaza de Mayo." The water truck was aimed at the photographer colleague Jazmín. The push threw her and broke her leg.