An old Zetor 25 from the 1950s was the first tractor to arrive in Costanera Norte to star in the caravan protest held tomorrow by agricultural producers from across the country in Plaza de Mayo. Among them was Vito Reigenborn, who traveled 1,400 kilometers from Chaqueño Impenetrable and was one of the first to arrive in Buenos Aires.

“We’re here for too much tax we havethey suppress all our production, it is practically a robbery, we have to produce 80% to pay taxes and 20% to pay farm expenses, there is no activity that can maintain it, “explained the cattle breeder.

“It’s time for us producers to step upe because it is no longer tolerable: we will lower our arms and watch what happens or we will go out to protest to be heard for ourselves, ”Reigenborn said.

And he added: “We’re putting the country on our shoulders and the political class is hanging on to all the weight we already have, it’s time for the political class to make an effort and free us a little, to let us take of air to produce “.

Agricultural producers are mobilizing “tired” of tax pressure falling on the sector and growing political spending.

The initiative came from self-convened assembly members, but partners from four major rural union entities will also participate, although the protest did not have the endorsement of the National Liaison Table. According to the self-convened movement, the march has the support of more than 200 entities linked to the sector.

“At 23 we are all here. The countryside and the city are marching together to demand that they (the national government) stop spending ”, the call said. Among other points, they demand: “That they don’t tax us, that they stop owing us.” And they say “to lower inflation, we must lower political spending.”

GPS protest

The mobilization will focus on Saturday at 8 at two nearby points: at the intersection of national routes 8 and 193 (Solís) and at the intersection of national routes 9 and 193 (Furlong logistics plant), where they will wait for the protesters to Arrive they were from different parts of the country to leave at once, at 10:30, for the city of Buenos Aires.

There, at noon, they will meet at Av. Del Libertador and Udaondo, where they will wait for tractors and horses to lead the march down that avenue, followed by a caravan of cars and trucks, which will intersect at 3 p.m. pm in Plaza de Mayo. At the last meeting place, a petition will be read, but there will be no central action or designated speakers. As a striking fact, a “meeting of the Republic’s Twitter defenders is also planned in the area.