Argentina’s Schools Turn Into Political Battleground After Curbs
- President ramped up restrictions Wednesday amid second wave
- Buenos Aires City mayor Larreta calls for school openings
Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez
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Argentina’s decision to shut down schools has become the latest point of political conflict between the federal government and the City of Buenos Aires, run by the opposition, as the country heads into a second wave of Covid-19.
Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodriguez Larreta said that his administration will ask the Supreme Court for a protection measure to continue in-person school attendance in the country’s capital, a day after the government announced tighter restrictions in the greater Buenos Aires until the end of April.