G 20 summit: Buenos Aires residents invited to leave the city Thursday afternoon for a long weekend

Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 09:27 UTC

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Argentina has launched a massive security operation to try to ensure a calm meeting of the leaders of the G20 bloc of nations in Buenos Aires, calling a national bank holiday on Friday and shutting down the city’s main business district. Read full article

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Enrique Massot
Oh come on, Patricia! You said ensuring the safety of the Boca-River game would be piece of cake when taking into account that you were going to ensure the safety of an event such as the G20 summit.

Then, you weren't even able to secure the safety of a single bus transporting one of the teams.

Patricia: What about getting help from the professionals?
Nov 30th, 2018 - 06:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Zaphod Beeblebrox
“Patricia: What about getting help from the professionals?”

Aren't Bodie and Doyle getting a bit old by now?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Professionals_(TV_series)
Nov 30th, 2018 - 06:26 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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DemonTree
I watched the protest for a while, and didn't see any violence. They were clearly taking it very seriously; all the streets were fenced off and there were more police than I have ever seen in my life.
Dec 01st, 2018 - 01:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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imoyaro
As always Kamerad/Komrade Rique, the José Goebbels of MercoPress, supports violence and crime by K supporters...I guess they didn't like the shutdown of of government support for “Futbol Para Todos.”
Dec 02nd, 2018 - 08:02 am - Link - Report abuse -1
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