• The Asociacion Trabajadores del Estado (ATE) public workers’ union will hold three separate protests in Buenos Aires on March 5. Details and timings of the upcoming demonstrations are as follows: 

1. President Milei’s austerity measures aim to reduce government spending and restructure the public sector by cutting more than 70,000 government jobs across various entities. These actions have drawn significant criticism from multiple labor unions, including ATE, which organized protests over this issue on February 20 and 27. These protests saw turnouts in the mid-to-high hundreds each and transpired without notable incidents of unrest. 
2. FORECAST: Based on this precedent and ATE’s mobilizing capabilities, the upcoming protests are likely to see turnouts in the mid-to-high hundreds each. Additionally, the precedent of the aforementioned ATE-led protests suggests that the upcoming demonstrations will likely transpire largely peacefully, without significant instances of unrest. Nevertheless, a security presence is anticipated in the vicinity of the protest locations to monitor proceedings. Consequently, there is potential for localized disruptions to vehicular and pedestrian traffic near the protests. 

Those operating or residing in Buenos Aires on March 5 are advised to allot for disruptions to vehicular and pedestrian traffic in the vicinity of the aformentioned locations due to the slated protests.