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Indian name for a cacelorazo or "noisy protest". The specific Indian variant involves noisily confronting and "mobbing" a political or administrative figure. Used mainly as a verb.
Protesters gheraoed the chief minister at his home yesterday in ongoing agitation over the privatisation of local services.
by Andy February 7, 2005
Get the gherao mug.A mode of protest made famous during the Argentinazo in late 2001. It involves protesters making noise by banging pots, pans and other utensils (originally to symbolise hunger). It can be used either to disrupt through making a noise, or simply to draw attention. Since the Argentinazo, it has become popular across Latin America and beyond, and has been used by European anti-capitalists among others.
A similar protest tactic in India is known by the name gherao.
A similar protest tactic in India is known by the name gherao.
by Andy February 7, 2005
Get the cacelorazo mug.Spanish for "picketer", the term has come to refer in English mainly to the Argentine unemployed workers' movement who have spearheaded repeated waves of protest involving blocking and barricading roads. The term is now sometimes used for those who use similar tactics, even in non-Spanish-speaking countries.
The piqueteros responded to the IMF visit by blocking roads across the capital and marching on the central bank building, where they clashed with police.
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Get the piquetero mug.Plural of piquetero. Groups of protesting/picketing activists from the unemployed movement in Argentina, or who use similar tactics such as road-blocking.
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