Election in Argentina deepens crisis facing working people

Vol. 87/No. 34 - September 11, 2023
Market in Buenos Aires, Aug. 10, 2022 where customers can pay vendors in rapidly deflating cash or exchange goods through barter. Inflation has gone over 100% annually, one of world’s highest.

Whichever candidate wins the presidential election in Argentina in October will only mean more hardships for working people. In the midst of the deep capitalist crisis shaking the country, the solutions offered by all the capitalist politicians foreshadow belt-tightening measures,…


1969 ‘Cordobazo’ in Argentina posed working class taking power

Vol. 86/No. 30 - August 15, 2022
Workers’ uprising in Córdoba, Argentina, May 1969. Agustín Tosco, left in front, a leader of the “Cordobazo,” was a class-struggle-minded worker and secretary of energy workers union Luz y Fuerza (Light and Power). What was missing was a revolutionary party and leadership.

This special feature is from The Leninist Strategy of Party Building: The Debate on Guerrilla Warfare in Latin America by Joseph Hansen, a leader of the Socialist Workers Party, cited in last week’s article, “Argentine military officer found guilty for…


Argentine military officer found guilty for 1972 Trelew massacre

Vol. 86/No. 29 - August 8, 2022

A Miami jury found Argentine naval officer Roberto Guillermo Bravo liable July 1 for his role in what has become known as the Trelew Massacre, in a civil case brought by relatives of four of 19 political prisoners who were…


Debt crisis in Argentina comes down hard on working people

Vol. 86/No. 11 - March 21, 2022
Teachers in Jujuy, northern Argentina, are fighting for wage raise to keep up with skyrocketing price increases. Sign says, “No to the miserable 19% increase,” referring to the government’s offer. They went on strike March 1 to demand increase to match Argentina’s 50% inflation.

A deal between the government of Argentine President Alberto Fernández and the International Monetary Fund to refinance $44.5 billion in debt owed to wealthy bondholders awaits the approval of the country’s legislature. If adopted, the unending cycle of paying off…


Historic win in fight for right to abortion in Argentina

Vol. 85/No. 2 - January 18, 2021
Tens of thousands of supporters of women’s rights rally on the streets in Buenos Aires, Argentina, early in the morning Dec. 30 as senators debated, voted up bill legalizing abortion.

In an important victory for working people, the right of women to choose to have an abortion was won in Argentina Dec. 30, when the Senate passed a bill making abortion free and legal up to the 14th week of…


Campaign for women’s right to abortion launched in Argentina

Vol. 84/No. 10 - March 16, 2020
Tens of thousands march Feb. 19 in Buenos Aires for legalization of abortion in Argentina. Young women lead campaign for right to choose and play key role in building support.

Led by young women, fighters for abortion rights are on the move in Argentina. In the past few years they have organized a series of large mobilizations, won growing support and forced a first-ever vote on legalization in the National…


Argentina: ‘Abortion must be legal, in the hospital!’

Vol. 82/No. 38 - October 15, 2018

Tens of thousands marched in Buenos Aires (above) and in 20 other cities in Argentina Sept. 28 to demand a woman’s right to choose abortion. A law to decriminalize most abortions was defeated by a narrow margin in the Argentine…


Argentine supporters of right to abortion say ‘we will win’

Vol. 82/No. 32 - August 27, 2018

After more than 16 hours of debate, with tens of thousands of protesters gathered outside on both sides of the issue, Argentina’s Senate Aug. 9 in a 38-31 vote defeated a bill that would have legalized abortion in the first…


Mass march for abortion rights in Argentina March 8

Vol. 82/No. 12 - March 26, 2018
Mass march for abortion rights in Argentina March 8

Hundreds of thousands marched in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 8, International Women’s Day, to demand the right of women to choose abortion. The march was organized by the National Campaign for the Right to Safe, Legal and Free Abortion, a…