Mariano Ferreyra
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Mariano Ferreyra was an Argentine
student who was active in the Workers' Party
(Partido Obrero).
He was shot dead during a dispute involving railway workers in Buenos Aires
. He was allegedly shot by supporters of a Peronist trade union affiliated to the CGT
, in a clash with socialist workers who claimed to end tertiarization. Two other people were injured in the shooting. One, Elsa Rodríguez, a mother of three, was seriously injured and was still fighting for her life in hospital a week later. It is alleged that the police stood by at the time. His death led to widespread protests in Argentina. Thousands marched in Buenos Aires, and the CTA called a general strike
in protest.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
student who was active in the Workers' Party
Workers' Party (Argentina)
The Workers' Party is an Argentine Trotskyist political party. It is the largest national section of the Co-ordinating Committee for the Refoundation of the Fourth International....
(Partido Obrero).
He was shot dead during a dispute involving railway workers in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
. He was allegedly shot by supporters of a Peronist trade union affiliated to the CGT
General Confederation of Labour (Argentina)
The General Confederation of Labour of the Argentine Republic is a national trade union centre of Argentina founded on September 27, 1930, as the result of the merge of the USA and the COA trade union centres...
, in a clash with socialist workers who claimed to end tertiarization. Two other people were injured in the shooting. One, Elsa Rodríguez, a mother of three, was seriously injured and was still fighting for her life in hospital a week later. It is alleged that the police stood by at the time. His death led to widespread protests in Argentina. Thousands marched in Buenos Aires, and the CTA called a general strike
General strike
A general strike is a strike action by a critical mass of the labour force in a city, region, or country. While a general strike can be for political goals, economic goals, or both, it tends to gain its momentum from the ideological or class sympathies of the participants...
in protest.