The "green tide" has returned to Plaza Congreso to support the legal presentation of legal abortion – Telam

With batucadas, famous actresses and crocheted flags, the Plaza del Congreso was dyed green this afternoon during a mobilization preceding the eighth installment of the bill relating to legal interruption of pregnancy.

"We arrived with redoubled forces," said Alejandra Flechner, of the Actresses Argentinas movement, who set up a black and green tent in Callao and Rivadavia, a few meters from the National Congress. He added: "In an election year, the parties have emergencies, but do not run with what is secondary, we can not wait, the claim of this right extends to the whole society".

In front of Argentinean Actresses tent, the Las Rojas feminist movement played a batucada with drums, to the rhythm of "Do not think so important", the cumbia that the group Mujeres Damas Free made famous with the singer Viru Kumbieron- They sang : "Do not be fooled, I do not walk backwards like Congress". "The batucada is one of our icons," he told Telam Carolina of Las Rojas, adding, "It's a struggle, joy and the sound that it takes sometimes to accompany the victims. "

A few meters from the Legislative Palace, the women of the Tejiendo Feminismos collective wore a crocheted flag on the ground with 180 green squares measuring 20 centimeters by 20 centimeters. Each square is embroidered in white with the name of a female or female victim. a "representative" of the feminist struggle, said Telam Daniela Zapata (34), one of the founders of the collective that gathers and badembles the work of weavers from all over the country.

During the day, various activities were conducted to accompany the presentation of the bill, which included talks, debates and workshops.

• At 17:30, Pañuelazo will be realized at the federal and world levels, at the same time as the press conference to present the project in Annex C of the Chamber of Deputies. This presentation will be shown on screens in the streets of Buenos Aires and in different parts of the country.

• At 18:30, at the corner of Rivadavia and Riobamba, will begin an artistic festival on the scene of which will pbad the collective Actresses Argentinas, poets, musicians, circuses and comedians who accompany the project.

• At 8:30 pm only in the city of Buenos Aires, a new "Pañuelazo" will be created as a fence.