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demonstrations by teachers salary, which had begun two months ago, the Santa Cruz teachers joined their struggle for basic claim has been frozen Kirchner management as provincial governor. Currently, the core is 161 pesos, plus 80 ten-year career, the teachers want to rise up to 1040 pesos. The only bid received since the beginning of the conflict is to increase the basic $ 50 and doing remunerative 100 of the 600 that are gaining in black.
In response, ADOSAC (Association of Teachers of Santa Cruz) began a strike in March, which continued intermittently during that month and then, almost without interruption until today.
While this fight continues with his original claim, mobilizing more players joined. Other guilds as the state joined the protests, while much of the population (just over one quarter) is concentrated in the streets to continue the revolt that slowly took on another hue, marked by a deep antipro.
Thus, the former stronghold K has become a disturbing plague that threatens to destabilize the fragile power structure of the Kirchner. As in Las Heras, the answer is repression.
On the side of the official security forces, police have been responsible for managing the "containment" of the many marches. Rubber bullets, gas, beatings, roadblocks that impede are some of the notorious methods used, The result: more than 30 injured in municipal hospitals. In addition, we have designed a special operating GendermerÃa looking for "social peace", which is already being deployed around the points of greatest conflict, as the assembled white tent in front of City Hall and also barred entry teachers school strike.
On the other hand, vigilante gangs of political pointers have shown their weight and impunity. Directed by influential businessmen in the service of the dynasty penguin, Rudy Ulloa Igor and Lazaro Baez, about 200 armed thugs have left with sticks and chains on several occasions, threatening and beating demonstrators. It is also common to see the VW Polo Grey Investigations Brigade who come to harass the rebels.
Another crucial point of the fence is official protests handling of information. First, the media of Santa Cruz are controlled by Kirchner, at the hands of businessmen friends like Rudy Ulloa, or proxy. Newspapers, radios, television signals, all the verbiage meet Kirchner always likely to lead to the demobilization and hatred against teachers and municipal. Second, during the first weeks the conflict, no national newspaper (except profile) made an important coverage of events in the land of the President, leaving it isolated from the rest of society. Third, the few independent media have published news about the conflict have suffered attacks, threats, survey programs, cuts transimisiones unforeseen, obstacles finance and / or techniques (placement of distorting neighboring frequencies) or, in the case of aberrant invective against FM radio News, the closure for the revocation of license.
There is also evidence of attacks on individuals, as a subject in a street running parallel to one suffered a shot at close range by an unidentified individual. Fortunately, the shot (made with lead shot) went off and hit his foot, limiting their mobility but without commitment to your overall health. The victim said the assailant before shooting, he proclaimed: "This is by Kirchner"
same time, a presidential administration like the present, which boasts of its verbiage uncontrollable, could not fail to give us a few sentences sadly famous. In its strategy to criminalize legitimate protest and repression, we heard that:
"There leaders who autohieren to cause shame, "Anibal Fernandez, the repression of the Prison in the running of the house 08/05 Kirchner.
"Who do they think they are? You have to run to the jumbo! Let's go to the house of every one! "Nestor Kirchner in 2002, after the fall of the Alliance.
"Let's have the dignity and pride of being members of the Front for Victory (continued K). How can come the hundred with pans? Let's run! What do they think we are? If they are a hundred, we shall be two thousand or three thousand! "Nestor Kirchner in 2002, with a phrase from inspiration Peronist net claims against the cuts in wages made by its management.
(assets) are a cowardly thugs that while you work every day were to cling to my house, but the worst is that those who claim to defend education went to see my mother ... "Nestor Kirchner after a multitudianaria demonstration in his home on 08/05
"They are a gang of thugs who think they putting (sic) fear they will be able to put things" Idem
"is outrageous ingratitude of some who claim to public opinion (...). These are those who speak of justice and social rights. They want to take because I am the President of the Republic. I want to blackmail (...) No matter, I put the other cheek and forgive with Christian charity "Nestor Kirchner in an act with his wife and his cabinet.
Finally, the counter penguin is complemented by other measures, such as formation of groups of breakers, false information, setting up events, etc..
Despite this adverse scenario, people have managed to overcome my fear. The marches have become more massive as the case reaches the greatest impact at the national level (to the point of which is covered with other scandals, including alleged death of Maradona) Thus, the largest up to 20,000 dissidents managed to gather in the streets of Rio Gallegos to express their opposition to the feudal dynasty K management of the then Governor
One of the consequences that brought the last mobilization was the departure of Governor Sancho, who had arrived after Acevedo was forced to resign by a similar crisis, triggered by the protest of oil, the policeman's death Sayago and the militarization of Las Heras. Sancho was during his administration a tÃtetere of the ministers who responded directly to Kirchner and his influence in the region. In his last days in office, was not even in the province and no one hesitated to assert his power over decisions was zero.
just assume office on exinterventor Turbio coal mining, Daniel Peralta. Is a union of Banking weight, he also held some posts in the provincial portfolio of Labour. They trusted him as a man with "waist policy" to relieve the situation of increasing instability.
While Peralta took office as governor, with the presence of Alicia K and Zannini, Legal and Technical Secretary of the Presidency, a new movement was going to repudiate popular. Similarly, when the sister of the President walked down the street underwent a escrache with eggs and flour. These are the latest expressions of revolt in Santa Cruz, a series of episodes that are no longer purely unions to establish itself as factors of national debate.
This reflects the fact the true character of unpopular and repressive government of Kirchner, their pointers, their employers, their unions and media, also shows the best way to fight: as the conflict develops, society drops the facade of institutions and democracy in which power is based feudal and national levels.