Thousands of Argentines protested after Milei compared homosexuality to pedophilia and announced that the feminicide would be deleted from the penal code.
Thousands of demonstrators went down to the streets of the capital Buenos Aires and other major cities to protest against President Javier Milei’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last week.
In this speech, he strongly criticized the “sick wokeism“, Social protection, feminism, identity policies and the fight against climate change, adding that” in its most extreme versions, the ideology of the gender constitutes purely and simply an abuse of children “.
Milei also compared homosexuality to pedophilia and announced its intention to remove the concept of feminicide from the penal code.
Shortly after its entry into office, the government of Javier Milei dismantled the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, leaving many victims of sexist violence without institutional support and some 500 unemployed employees.
He also reduced the financing of historic memory initiatives, which will probably delay trials for crimes against humanity committed during the Argentine military dictatorship.
In Buenos Aires, the demonstrators were dressed in flags in the colors of the rainbow and wore banners on which we could read “the rights are not negotiable”. Called “Federal march of anti -fascist and anti -racist pride“, The LGBTQ+ community called for demonstrating after the January 23 speech to fight against”Economic violence, political persecution and sexual repression of the government of Javier Milei“.
Defense groups, unions and political parties have also joined the demonstration.
Germán Paladino, an industrial engineer, said that Javier Milei’s government did not take care of public issues such as health care and education and that he was rather attacking people’s privacy.
“”I do not know if this walk can change anything, but if it can put a brake on the words of Javier Milei, who are rather aggressive“Said Germán Paladino.
“”I am here to defend our rights, those we have won and those who are currently attacked“Said Milagros, a 33 -year -old visual artist.
In recent decades, Argentina has adopted progressive laws devoting sexual diversity and equal rights in marriage, among others.
