Protests in Argentina

[TXHookem]

Nap - I'd be curious about your opinion about all the stuff going on in BsAs. RunTex - you might have some insider knowledge and ldogg, your relatives might have some insight. Our trip to BsAs is not that far away so the daily protests and food shortages are making me nervous. Why? Well... traveling with a baby kind of changes things. It's one thing to deal with it with my wife... it's a completely different issue once you insert a baby into a volatile situation.

I've read the posts on atexainargentina.blogspot.com and am trying to keep updated. However, the fact that guys like D'Elia are getting involved doesn't make me comfortable that the situation is going to resolve itself any time soon.

Thoughts?

 

[TXHookem]

tap tap tap... is this thing on?

 

[Mack Tripper]

Yeah, I'm about to buy two tickets to fly to BsAs in December.

 

[Napoleon]

There aren't any food shortages. Hay carne en Disco. (TRANSLATION: There is beef at the supermarket.) And all of the restaurants are fine. I bought broccoli and nectarines at the grocery store. Everything is fully stocked again.

I think basically that there are some concessions being made for the smallest farmers.

Cristina made a speech last night and must have said "Argentinos y Argentinas" or "Argentinas y Argentinos" about 100 times. I seriously doubt you will find yourself in the middle of a protest. In fact, there might not even be one the days you are here. (Although probably someone will be protesting something. This is Argentina after all.)

I was in a rush and had coffee from McDonalds. Some of my fellow housemates (2 Bolivians & 1 Ecuadorian) ate lunch from McDonalds. I had two media lunas, another baked something with a glob of dulce de leche in the middle, and then something else covered with a different kind of sugar. All in normal in Argentina.

Tranquilo chico, tranquilo.

 

[TXHookem]

I read that the farmers called off the strike for 30 days and that food shipments are now filling up the stores. Que bueno! Some of the reports I was reading made it sound like the stores were out of meat and some produce (last week, before the farmers took a break from the strike).

 

[Napoleon]

That should have read ALL OF THE STORES WERE OUT OF MEAT and the produce that was around looked like crap.

That being said, I lived off of much worse many times in my life. There was still jamon y queso (a national staple for lunch), salami, chicken (for some reason), baked goods, fish (always expensive), limited dairy, and tons of canned goods and wine.

It was meant to make a statement and it did.

Cristina could have sent the army in to clear the roads much earlier, but she wanted to allow them to make their statement as well as not appear to be a dictator.

The thing is that both she and the congress passed the new taxes. It wasn't just an executive decision. If they don't like it, they should vote differently next time.