Weekly protest against President Javier Milei’s austerity against pensioners takes aggressive turn. A weekly protest against President Javier Milei’s austerity took an aggressive turn when unruly fans from more than a dozen Argentina football clubs joined the demonstration Wednesday.

Argentine security forces and an unlikely mix of retirees and hooligan groups clashed on Wednesday (March 12) in front of the Congress during a protest against president Javier Milei pension cuts.

It was an unlikely mix - Argentine pensioners gathered in front of the congressional building on Wednesday, flanked by soccer fans from teams normally at odds with one another. The retirees gather each week to protest cuts to their pensions,

Clashes broke out in Buenos Aires during a street protest by retirees against government budget cuts that they say are lowering their living standards. Soccer fans decided to join the weekly protest after police dispersed the pensioners with tear gas and baton blows a week earlier.

Pensioners and supporters of various football teams clashed with police on Wednesday during a protest in front of Argentina's Congress against economic policies implemented by President Javier Milei's government.

Demonstrators and police clashed violently in Buenos Aires on Wednesday during a protest against low pensions amid austerity measures implemented by Argentina's right-wing libertarian President Javier Milei,