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30th July 2011, 07:51
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The death toll from Thursday's clashes between Argentine police and protesters over eviction has risen to four following Friday's death of a man from a bullet wound.
Officials say that over 60 people were injured when some 700 homeless and unemployed families took to the streets after they were forcibly evicted.
They had been squatting on land owned by the leading producer of sugar, paper, and fruit juice, Ledesma, in the small town of Libertador General San Martin in Argentina's northern province of Jujuy on Thursday. The protesters demanded land and housing, AFP reported Friday.
The clashes became violent when police, acting to enforce a court order, moved in to disperse the protesters.
Victor Urbani, the province's health minister, has confirmed the four deaths.
A leftist group that advocates for Argentina's jobless and landless organized the protests, which police confronted with "rubber bullets and tear gas and gunshots," said Luciano Narduli, a member of the group.
Activists in the capital Buenos Aires broke windows and painted graffiti on the walls of government offices.
Pablo La Villa, interior and justice minister of Jujuy, submitted his resignation to Governor Walter Barrionuevo on Friday. The police chief who led the operation has been replaced.
Jujuy is one of the poorest provinces of the South American nation, with about 670,000 inhabitants. The region's economy is based on sugar and banana crops.
Argentina's government has doubled efforts to win back the rural vote before President Cristina Fernandez's October re-election bid.
During a visit to Buenos Aires in April, UN Special Rapporteur Rachel Rolnik called for the construction of more residential units in Argentina, as well as regulating the housing market.
source
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/191428.html
The death toll from Thursday's clashes between Argentine police and protesters over eviction has risen to four following Friday's death of a man from a bullet wound.
Officials say that over 60 people were injured when some 700 homeless and unemployed families took to the streets after they were forcibly evicted.
They had been squatting on land owned by the leading producer of sugar, paper, and fruit juice, Ledesma, in the small town of Libertador General San Martin in Argentina's northern province of Jujuy on Thursday. The protesters demanded land and housing, AFP reported Friday.
The clashes became violent when police, acting to enforce a court order, moved in to disperse the protesters.
Victor Urbani, the province's health minister, has confirmed the four deaths.
A leftist group that advocates for Argentina's jobless and landless organized the protests, which police confronted with "rubber bullets and tear gas and gunshots," said Luciano Narduli, a member of the group.
Activists in the capital Buenos Aires broke windows and painted graffiti on the walls of government offices.
Pablo La Villa, interior and justice minister of Jujuy, submitted his resignation to Governor Walter Barrionuevo on Friday. The police chief who led the operation has been replaced.
Jujuy is one of the poorest provinces of the South American nation, with about 670,000 inhabitants. The region's economy is based on sugar and banana crops.
Argentina's government has doubled efforts to win back the rural vote before President Cristina Fernandez's October re-election bid.
During a visit to Buenos Aires in April, UN Special Rapporteur Rachel Rolnik called for the construction of more residential units in Argentina, as well as regulating the housing market.
source
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/191428.html