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But the Kirchners have never completely broken with the piquetero boss because they need him on the street in situations like the current farm crisis, analysts say.

Argentine Tax Plan Lands a Tough Ally 2008

Mr. D'Elia says his work on a piquetero literacy program justifies the salary.

Argentine Tax Plan Lands a Tough Ally 2008

Mr. D'Elia says he was outside the presidential palace in December of 2001, when violent piquetero protests forced then-President Fernando de la Rua to resign and flee the scene in a helicopter.

Argentine Tax Plan Lands a Tough Ally 2008

Following the murder of a piquetero activist in 2004, Mr. D'Elia and his crew seized control of a police station for nine hours and trashed it.

Argentine Tax Plan Lands a Tough Ally 2008

When Argentina's economy sunk into a deep depression in the late 1990s and the piquetero movement emerged, Mr. D'Elia became leader of a group called the Federation of Land and Homes.

Argentine Tax Plan Lands a Tough Ally 2008

Uruguayans can do simple arithmetic and the Mercosur looks more and more like a pain in the neck, even more when piquetero acting environmentalist in Argentina pretend impose on the development policies of Uruguay by blocking the bridges that link Uruguay to Argentina in protest for a paper mill construction 2.

Bolivia as the new “bad boy” of the Americas? 2006

Uruguayans can do simple arithmetic and the Mercosur looks more and more like a pain in the neck, even more when piquetero acting environmentalist in Argentina pretend impose on the development policies of Uruguay by blocking the bridges that link Uruguay to Argentina in protest for a paper mill construction 2.

04/30/2006 - 05/07/2006 2006

During recent weeks, piquetero groups camped out on Buenos Aires 'main boulevard for 31 consecutive hours, striking teachers and hospital workers shut down the city center, and Falklands War veterans and construction workers blocked area highways.

Slate Magazine 2009

During recent weeks, piquetero groups camped out on Buenos Aires 'main boulevard for 31 consecutive hours, striking teachers and hospital workers shut down the city center, and Falklands War veterans and construction workers blocked area highways.

Slate Magazine 2009

a piquetero from the city of La Plata, an hour outside Buenos Aires, says he intends to attend the pro-government march Tuesday.

Argentine Tax Plan Lands a Tough Ally 2008