Drone footage shows protest gridlock Buenos Aires

Demonstrators, both on foot and in their cars, expressed a number of grievances against the government of President Alberto Fernandez - ranging from the state of the economy to lockdown measures.

Argentina's government has also launched a bid to reform the judiciary by increasing the number of federal courts, diluting the power of those that already exist, in what critics have labelled as an attempt to manipulate the court system.

Latin America's third-largest economy, already in a deep crisis already before the pandemic hit, is now expected to shrink around 12% this year - plunging millions into poverty.