A general strike across 33 hospitals and health clinics in Buenos Aires started today following the dispute between the city and national governments over police patrols. There’s no shortage of Buenos Aires graffiti featuring the police as our pictures show.
Today is the anniversary of the start of the Falkland Islands War or ‘la guerra de las Malvinas’. The 2nd of April 1982 marks the day that the military government under General Galtieri decided to retake the islands with an ill-thought out invasion.
Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is still to announce that she will be standing again in the national elections on October 23rd but behind the scenes her election campaign is gathering momentum. Following the death of her husband Néstor Kirchner, it has been widely expected that she will run for a second term in office but she is still to make her intentions known in public.
Argentine artists Ever, Jaz, Mart and Poeta have created a new mural in Palermo. Photos by Buenos Aires Street Art.
