ʻOiai ʻo George W. Bush a me nā alakaʻi ʻē aʻe o G-8 e hui ana ma ko lākou hoʻi kaʻawale ʻana ma Kanada, ua pepehi ʻia ʻelua mau mea hōʻike i ke koko anuanu e nā mākaʻi ma nā alanui o Buenos Aires. ʻO ka poʻe ʻōpio i pepehi ʻia no ka "piqueteros," a i ʻole picketers, ka neʻe ʻana o Argentine o nā limahana hana ʻole e pale ana i nā ala nui a me nā ʻoihana kalepa e koi ana i nā hana a hoʻopau i ka IMF i kau i nā kulekele austerity.
ʻO ka pepehi kanaka hope loa o nā mea hōʻikeʻike ma Argentina i ka mahina ʻo Dekemaba 2001 ka mea i hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ke aupuni o Fernando de la Rua a me ka lanakila wikiwiki ʻana o nā pelekikena ʻehā ma lalo o ʻelua pule. Mai ia manawa, ua ulu ka neʻe kūʻē kaulana a puni ʻo Argentina.
I ka lā ma hope o ka pepehi kanaka ʻana o Iune 26, he ʻumi kaukani o nā mea hōʻikeʻike i hōʻea i ke kikowaena o Buenos Aires. Ke alakaʻi ʻia e nā piqueteros, nā hui haumāna, nā limahana, nā ʻaha kanaka kipi mai nā barrios a me nā hui politika hema, ua kāhea nā mea hōʻike i ka haʻalele ʻana o Pelekikena Eduardo Duhalde a hoʻopau i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka neʻe kaulana i pili i ka hana ʻino ʻole ma luna o ka ʻeono mahina i hala.
Ma waena o ka poʻe haʻiʻōlelo he mau ʻelele o ka Madres de la Plaza de Mayo lāua ʻo Adolfo Perez Esquivel, nā kiʻi o nā pono kanaka a me ka hoʻomāinoino ʻole i kūʻē wiwo ʻole i ke aupuni pūʻali koa Argentine mai 1976-83. "ʻAʻole ʻo ia e ʻae i nā hana e like me kēia a uhi ʻole iā lākou me nā ʻōlelo hoʻopaʻi ʻole."
ʻEhā mau mākaʻi i hopu ʻia no ka pepehi kanaka, ua haʻalele ke poʻo o nā pūʻali palekana ma Buenos Aires a ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kekahi mau mākaʻi. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe i pili ka poʻe Peronist ʻēheu ʻākau i ke aupuni Menem reactionary (1989-99) nāna i kūʻai aku i ka waiwai o ka ʻāina i nā pono kālā o ke ao holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ia ka mea nāna i kākau i kēia mau pepehi kanaka.
ʻO ka pule hoʻokahi i pepehi ʻia nā mea hōʻike, aia ke kuhina waiwai ʻo Argentine ma Wakinekona DC, e noi ana i ka hoʻokele Bush a me ka IMF no kahi pūʻulu "hoʻopakele" o nā hōʻaiʻē hou. Ma ke kūlana paʻakikī, ua haʻi ka luna o ka IMF, ʻo Horst Kohler, i ka pō o ke kamaʻilio ʻana ua manaʻo ʻo ia "hoʻopunipuni" ʻia e ke aupuni Argentine a me ka nele o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i ka hana ʻana i nā hana austerity hohonu.
I loko o nā mahina ʻeono i hala iho nei, ua kūpaʻa ka neʻe kaulana i kāna mau koi e kiola ʻia ke alakaʻi kālai'āina holoʻokoʻa o ka ʻāina a ʻaʻole pono e hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ka IMF a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe o ka hoʻokele honua.
Hoʻopili ʻia kahi ʻatikala e wehewehe ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o kēia neʻe demokala kipi. Ke paʻi ʻia nei ma ka NACLA's Report on the Americas ma ka pukana Iulai-ʻAukake a ma Iulai 12 e hoʻopuka ʻia ma ʻO ka pūnaewele pūnaewele o NAClA,
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