• Fierce clashes erupt in Buenos Aires over pension rise veto
• Efforts by politicians to override Milei’s veto of the pension rise fell short of the two-thirds majority
• President Milei is pushing through a series of austerity measures

Fierce clashes erupt in Buenos Aires over pension rise veto

Intense clashes broke out between protesters and police in Buenos Aires after thousands gathered outside Argentina’s Congress to protest President Javier Milei’s veto of a pension increase.

Footage shows demonstrators, many of them pensioners, tearing down fences and entering the Congress area, prompting police to respond with pepper spray and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.

Efforts by politicians to override Milei’s veto of the pension rise fell short of the two-thirds majority needed in Congress. 

President Milei is pushing through a series of austerity measures aimed at tackling Argentina’s severe inflation and public debt. He has defended the tough fiscal cuts as essential to stabilize the country’s struggling economy.