A citizen gives an interview to TVE news as April 18th’s Cacerolazo (pot-banging) protest winds down in Plaza de Mayo. A sign in the background says ‘The People are Telling You: Enough!’ The interviewee complained about corruption in the country, amidst new allegations of governmental money-laundering. The turnout was estimated at one million in Buenos […]
Foto of the Week: Cacerolazo in Buenos Aires (Again)
Argentineans continue to protest government corruption, rising crime and soaring inflation in South America’s second largest democracy. Yesterday hundreds of thousands protested all over the country, including in the cities of Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Rosario and Sante Fe. Aside from a university student punching a reporter on live TV, the protests were peaceful. Smaller protests […]
Foto of the Week — Cacerolazo in Plaza de Mayo
Cacerolazo on Thursday, June 8 in Plaza de Mayo. One week after middle and upper class citizens first took to the streets to protest limits on the purchase of dollars, corruption and crime in Argentina, a modest crowd of a few hundred people braved the cold to bang on pots and pans. One sign in […]
