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Caribbean-Latin America
Argentina looting spreads to Buenos Aires province
2012-12-22
Two people have been killed in Argentina's third city, Rosario, as a wave of looting spreads.

Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to stop hundreds of people attacking a supermarket on the outskirts of the capital, Buenos Aires.

There have been other incidents in the central city of Rosario and in the northern province of Chaco. The looting began in the south on Thursday.

The government says trade unions linked to the opposition are to blame.
I thought the Kirchners and the trade unions were inseparable...
Argentine television showed images of people - many of them with their faces covered - throwing stones at the police and trying to break into shops and supermarkets.

The attacks stir memories of the violence witnessed during Argentina's economic crisis in 2001 when unemployed people stormed supermarkets.

But National Security Secretary, Sergio Berni, said the looters this time had been taking plasma televisions and stereos, not food and had not been driven by poverty.

"There is a part of Argentina that wants to drive the country into chaos and violence," Mr Berni said. "But this Argentina is not the same of 2001."
Posted by:tipper

#7  "Recover Las Malvinas!"
Posted by: Frank G   2012-12-22 15:53  

#6   during Argentina's economic crisis in 2001

Which, for some reason, was pretty much the same as all of Argentina's previous economic crises. To steal a line from famous Argie writer Borges, "... only the time, place and one or two proper names were changed."
Posted by: SteveS   2012-12-22 11:55  

#5  I assume RAF Mount Pleasant is paying attention.
Posted by: Shipman   2012-12-22 11:39  

#4   "There is a part of Argentina that wants to drive the country into chaos and violence," Mr Berni said.

Here we call them the government.
Posted by: AlanC   2012-12-22 10:25  

#3  I think they may be more than 47 percent in Argentina.
Posted by: P2Kontheroad   2012-12-22 08:45  

#2  "There is a part of Argentina that wants to drive the country into chaos and violence," Mr Berni said.

We refer to them as the 47 percenters.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-12-22 06:23  

#1  Ah, the excitements of socialism! Coming to theater* near you.

*theater in military sense, not cinema.
Posted by: twobyfour   2012-12-22 05:50  

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