During a congressional session held on March 10 in Buenos Aires, dozens of protesters arrived to throw stones and other projectiles at the National Congress building, breaking windows and items within offices. Some demonstrators lit fires outside and burned the International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo. The Peronist administration of President Alberto Fernandez was in the process of restructuring existing debt with the IMF, which ignited opposition protests from residents who’ve simmered in anger for months over the nation’s protracted economic downward spiral. Police responded quickly to contain the dissenters who burned garbage cans forced against the fence outside the congress and also wielded them as weapons against law enforcement officers. Similarities exist between March 10’s incident and the December 2017 demonstrations against the National Congress over pension reforms, which was another publicly contested maneuver to reduce debt by former President Mauricio Macri. In 2018, the IMF financed the largest loan …