Argentina’s central bank president resigned unexpectedly Tuesday, just three months after taking the post. Luis Caputo’s departure comes as President Mauricio Macri attempts to win a loan from the International Monetary Fund in exchange for implementing harsh austerity measures. Those measures have spawned massive protests across Argentina, including a 24-hour general strike this week that idled airports, shut down public transportation and halted other sectors of the economy. This is protester Delfina Grinstein in Buenos Aires.
Delfina Grinstein: “We’re here to protest the IMF deal because we know that we’re facing a very bad economic situation. And we’re also against paying down the debt, because all that money could be used for education and healthcare.”