The Movimiento Somos Barrios de Pie decided to march next Saturday to the National Congress and thus modify their initial decision to protest in front of the property that the Rural Society owns in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo, for having received “threats” and for avoid putting at risk the “integrity and life” of the demonstrators, as reported by the organization.
“Since the call for a peaceful mobilization in order to ask a minority sector to accompany the rest of society, we have received nothing but threats, insults and insults from different people who accompany the large agricultural producers,” he said. the movement, through a statement.
In this context, the organization decided to march on Saturday from 11 to the National Congress to repudiate the “arrogance of the powerful.” “We are in difficult times that require the maximum responsibilities of all sectors of our society. It seems that unfortunately they have not wanted or been able to understand the heart of these words,” said Daniel Menéndez, national coordinator of Somos Barrios de Pie.
Things are already happening. With the extortion process and the rise in prices, many families cannot put a plate of food on their table. Help us to stop speculation and bring peace of mind to the pockets of Argentines. https://t.co/Q1YBaMSiuP
– Daniel Menendez (@danimenendezok) July 27, 2022
Through a statement, he recalled that for “more than twenty years” the organization carry out mobilizations of a different nature “with the well-being of the Argentine people as the only concern”. “There has never been any situation that puts the integrity and life of those who demonstrate at risk. The constant threats made by a good number of people force us to assume that eternal commitment that we have with responsibility and good sense”, he underlined. He remarked that “after having seen that unfortunately the sympathizers of the Argentine Rural Society can only distill hatred and threats to those who only wish to exercise their constitutional right to protest” it was decided to “modify” the place of the concentration. “In this scenario there is only one victim: the millions of Argentines who see their purchasing power diminished while at the same time there is a powerful victimizer who is not satisfied with the exercise of speculation, but also needs to resort to this unfortunate patterism”, the organization warned.
Also We are neighborhoods standing he warned that “Argentine society as a whole is a victim of the constant tightening of the dominant sectors.” “It is not new for the history of our country to find ourselves with this type of aggression and threats by those who hold economic power in Argentina. They believe they are owners of the will of all Argentines,” the organization reflected. “With political maturity we made a decision in order not to give any excuse to the usual violent and guarantee the safety of all Argentines and Argentines“, added Menéndez. In the call – now modified – for a protest in front of the La Rural property, Menéndez had expressed that the speculative agrarian sector “is seeking a devaluation process”, which would generate “a depreciation of the income of workers who earn their salaries in pesos.
