STORY: Violence erupted in Buenos Aires on Wednesday (February 11) as activist groups protested a labor reform bill under debate in the Senate, one that unions say would curb their rights.

Protesters, including unions and left-wing groups, gathered outside Congress, where police set up a security perimeter with fences and water cannon trucks.

Clashes started when demonstrators moved towards the building, with protesters hurling objects at officers and police firing tear gas and water cannons in response.

The country's main unions called the protest to demand that the bill be rejected, while some unions—such as state workers and employees in the agro-export sector—launched strikes.

The ruling coalition, which lacks a majority in either chamber, said it has enough support to pass the legislation after making changes to win over "dialogue-minded" opposition lawmakers.

If approved, the bill must then be voted on in the lower house, the Chamber of Deputies.

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VIDEO SHOWS: DRONE FOOTAGE OF CLASHES / PEOPLE INJURED / POLICE SPRAYING TEAR GAS / POLICE FIRING WATER CANNONS ON PROTESTERS/ PROTESTERS HURLING OBJECTS AT POLICE

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SHOWS: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (FEBRUARY 11, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. PROTESTERS AND POLICE SEPARATED WITH A FENCE IN FRONT OF CONGRESS

2. PROTESTER BEATING POLICE WITH A STICK THROUGH FENCE

3. (MUTE) DRONE FOOTAGE OF PROTESTER HURLING OBJECT AND SETTING STREET ABLAZE

4. FENCE SEPARATING POLICE AND PROTESTERS IN FRONT OF SENATE

5. VARIOUS OF PERSON POURING MILK ON FACE OF PROTESTER AFFECTED BY TEAR GAS

6. POLICE FIRING AT PROTESTERS

7. PROTESTERS HURLING OBJECTS AT POLICE

8. POLICE MOVING IN LINE TO FENCE

9. PROTESTERS AND POLICE SEPARATED BY FENCE

10. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS HURLING OBJECTS TO OTHER SIDE OF FENCE

11. POLICE FIRING WATER CANNON AT PROTESTERS

12. PROTESTERS TEARING DOWN FENCE

13. PROTESTERS MOVING PART OF FENCE

14. VARIOUS OF PROTESTER SETTING BIN ABLAZE IN FRONT OF CONGRESS

15. INJURED PROTESTER BEING ASSISTED

16. (MUTE) DRONE FOOTAGE OF PROTESTERS HURLING OBJECTS AT POLICE

17. POLICE FIRING WATER CANNON AT PROTESTERS

18. VARIOUS OF POLICE FIRING AT PROTESTERS

19. PROTESTER KICKING TEAR GAS CANISTER

20. WATER CANNON BEING FIRED AT PROTESTERS

21. PROTESTERS TAKING SHELTER BEHIND WOODEN BOARD

22. FIRE IN STREET

23. PROTESTER WAVING ARGENTINE FLAG

24. PROTESTERS TAKING SHELTER BEHIND WOODEN BOARD

25. FIRE ABLAZE, POLICE MOVING BEHIND FENCE

26. PROTESTER WAVING FLAG

27. PROTESTERS TAKING SHELTER BEHIND WOODEN BOARD FROM WATER CANNON

28. VARIOUS OF WATER CANNONS BEING FIRED

29. VARIOUS OF POLICE HANDCUFFING PROTESTER

30. HANDCUFFED PROTESTER SITTING ON SIDEWALK

31. (MUTE) DRONE FOOTAGE OF CLASHES

32. (MUTE) DRONE FOOTAGE OF POLICE MOVING THROUGH STREET IN LINE

33. POLICE DEPLOYED IN STREET

34. (MUTE) DRONE FOOTAGE OF CLASHES

35. STONES ON GROUND