I was warned the day before that this would happen, but on the night I arrived in Buenos Aires last week, massive street protests against the government had been planned. Violent crime, runaway inflation and endemic corruption have become major issues in this country and more than a few Argentinians appear to be fed up. My hotel was around a mile from the gathering points, but there were many people marching past the hotel carrying flags, banging on pots and pans and shouting. As interesting as this would have been to see up close, I thought it best to stay inside the hotel (dissidents have not always been warmly greeted by the Argentine government).
The following day, the government estimated the crowd to be around 700,000 people. All remained peaceful.
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