Argentina: Protests Against Crime in Buenos Aires

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | September 5th, 2006 | Trackback

Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered Aug. 31 to protest violent crime in Buenos Aires and environs, demanding the government take action to curtail brazen daylight robberies and street shootings, often by juveniles who cannot be tried as adults. A smaller counter-demonstration of some 3,000 people organized by 1980 Nobel Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel warned of the dangers of heavy-handed police work, reminding Argentines of the abuses of the 1976-1983 dictatorship. The two groups might not agree on the solution to the problem, but they do agree there is a problem. Crime is increasing in Buenos Aires, a place often considered one of South America’s safest, most vibrant cities.

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