00:00In this context, the center of Buenos Aires, Argentina, worked up to heavy security presence
00:06that turned into a police violence against laid-off protesters who were trying to reach
00:12Congress prior to the final debate on the labor law.
00:15Hundreds of workers from different sectors set up roadblocks in the capital's downtown
00:20area and tried to make their voices heard against the lack of employment.
00:24Teachers, doctors, and former employees of different companies encountered a police
00:30cordon that, far from channeling discontent, opted for violent dispersal.
00:36The police operation left images of people running rubber bullets being fired and workers
00:42doused with pepper sprays in the vicinity of the iconic obelisk.
00:46The confrontation took place while the Congress Senate was getting ready to begin debating the
00:51controversial melee-backed labor reform considered by many as brutal.
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