Discontent in Argentina

A chaotic week of protests and strikes downtown [Buenos Aires] was crowned yesterday by thousands of disgruntled teachers marching on Plaza de Mayo amid a nationwide strike. ... [T]hey were joined by bank clerks (pushing for a 30 percent increase), car workers (demanding 2,000 pesos as a pay floor — their industrial action is disrupting exports), SENASA animal health service, Colón Theatre employees and Puerto Madryn fishermen among others. Not to mention two more levels of educational discontent — university lecturers (on strike for the last three days of the week to press for a pay floor of 800 pesos) and a wave of high school pupils occupying their buildings to protest safety hazards and push for a larger education budget.

argentina's been struggling with a inflationary jump in prices this year that has affected basic commodities like eggs, poultry, meat, and dairy products... the unemployment level isn't helping matters either...

The government yesterday said that unemployment stood at 13 percent in the first quarter versus 14.4 in the same period year ago and 12.1 in the immediately preceding quarter.

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