Early this week the garbage collectors went on strike for 72 hours, so for a while Buenos Aires became Mal Aires. Last week the cab drivers all took a day off to go to the soccer staduim (and were paid by the government to do so), which I guess explains the rate increase that took affect last Sunday. And two competing rail unions have been in conflict this week, leading to some violence and a death, which then resulted in several demonstrations. On Thursday night the Government Plaza area was jammed with demonstrators but I never heard what they were demonstrating.
Here is the view at the corner on Tuesday morning.
