Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Argentina: Riots over substandard rail service

Massive delays led to a clash yesterday between commuters and riot police at Buenos Aires’ main train terminal yesterday. As argentine newspaper Clarin reported:

“Rail service was paralyzed in the middle of the evening rush hour…from there it became chaotic. ‘Enraged commuters started to destroy and set fire to the ticket offices and to break office windows. There have always been problems with the train system’ said one witness.”

Earlier today president Nestor Kirchner blamed previous “neoliberal policies” for the problems with Argentina’s rail system and vowed to make “additional investments”.

Links (English)- Boston Herald

Links (Spanish)- Clarin

Image- Clarin

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2 comments:

  1. Maegan la Mala3:59 PM

    This may be what happens in Chile if they don't get their bus system together.

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  2. Erwin C.4:20 PM

    With all the problems with Transantiago I'm shocked it hasn't happened yet!

    I think the closest it has gotten to a riot over Transantiago was when vandals torched a station in March.

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