Argentines stream through city streets to press for more jobs, food

An Argentine Catholic holds an image of San Cayetano (Saint Cajetan), patron saint of labour and bread, during his feast day, at San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires, Argentina August 7, 2021. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Saturday to protest over poverty and a lack of jobs amid a lengthy economic crisis that has only deepened with the coronavirus pandemic.

Organisations working with the unemployed and leftist groups led the protest that started at a church to the west of the Argentine capital where thousands of pilgrims travel each year to pray at the shrine of San Cayetano, the patron saint of work, whose feast day is Saturday. It ended in the Plaza de Mayo, a massive square in front of the seat of government where protests habitually take place.