Video: The president of Argentina throws stones

Argentine President Alberto Fernández did not manage, on Saturday, March 13, 2021, to leave the city of Lago Boilo (south), since he entered it normally, but his car was stoned and he narrowly escaped an imminent attack. He said. and his wife, the country’s first lady, after angry neighbors crossed that had been badly affected by the 4-day wildfires.

According to the local press, President Fernández, accompanied by his wife Fabiola Janez, met with local officials in Lago Puelo, Chubut province, and was informed of the situation in the region.

During Fernández’s visit, a group known as the “Anti-minero” group chanted slogans against the Chubut state government, and protesters stopped the bus carrying the president, kicked him and stoned him.

For his part, Fernandes said in his first comment after the attack, to the local media: “We came here to be next to the people, it is not about me, it is about the state, and the problem in Chubut must be solved” . . “

During the visit, which was also attended by the Minister of Public Works, Gabriel Catopods, and the Minister of Regional Development, Jorge Ferrarese, the government promised to provide aid of 700 million Argentine pesos (1 dollar = about 90.78 pesos) to build houses and rebuild infrastructure in the affected areas.

The fires that broke out on March 9 in the border area with the states of Chubut and Río Negro in the Patagonia region, southern Argentina, have affected about 15,000 hectares of land and so far one death has been registered.

Meanwhile, the authorities began an investigation into the accident, for indications of a crime, announcing a reward of 3 million pesos to anyone who provided information on the causes of the fires.