A massive protest of retirees against the insufficient adjustment of their pensions happened on Mar. 12 with the support of soccer fans and social movements in Buenos Aires.

It was an unlikely mix - Argentine pensioners gathered in front of the congressional building on Wednesday, flanked by soccer fans from teams normally at odds with one another. The retirees gather each week to protest cuts to their pensions,

Clashes broke out in Buenos Aires during a street protest by retirees against government budget cuts that they say are lowering their living standards. Soccer fans decided to join the weekly protest after police dispersed the pensioners with tear gas and baton blows a week earlier.

A weekly protest by pensioners rallying against austerity measures imposed by the far-right Javier Milei government turned violent in Buenos Aires on Wednesday.

Argentine police fought running battles on Wednesday with hundreds of football fans and anti-austerity marchers, during a weekly protest by pensioners in Buenos Aires.