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Hundreds in Argentina protest as senators start debating an unpopular austerity budget passed by the lower house last month, which includes an increased loan package from the IMF worth $56 billion to help stabilize the crisis-battered country's economy and currency. IMAGES
Pro-choice activists gather outside Argentina's Congress building in the capital Buenos Aires as a polarized Senate begins a debate on legalizing abortion in a vote experts say could go either way. IMAGES
Protesters throw objects at police who use tear gas and water cannons amid demonstrations outside Congress, where lawmakers are debating a swath of liberalizing reforms proposed by budget-slashing President Javier Milei. The measures include declaring a one-year state of economic emergency, allowing Milei to disband state agencies, and privatizing about a dozen public companies including state-owned carrier Aerolineas Argentina. Observers and opposition MPs say dozens of demonstrators and a handful of lawmakers received medical attention. IMAGES
Argentina's Chamber of Deputies debates a reform bill that ultra-liberal president Javier Milei is seeking to pass after withdrawing hundreds of articles from an ambitious earlier version that failed in parliament in February 2024. IMAGES
Protesters and police officers clash outside Argentina's lower house of Congress in Buenos Aires as the institution continues to debate President Javier Milei's mega-bill to reform the economy, politics and even some aspects of private life. IMAGES