Overview
- A group of visitors from a cruise disembarked in Ushuaia and, hearing drums and seeing flags, joined what they believed was a festive reception.
- The gathering was a union-led protest by port workers rejecting federal intervention in the port under the slogan “el puerto no se toca.”
- Footage recorded by a bystander shows the tourists smiling, filming, clapping and dancing to the beat of bombos.
- The clip circulated widely through social media and local outlets such as JCA Noticias and Tiempo Fueguino, and some visitors climbed onto a CGT stage.
- The CGT separately confirmed a march to Congress on Wednesday for the Senate’s labor-reform debate, with leader Jorge Sola calling the proposal an attack on workers’ rights and stopping short of a general strike.