{"article":{"id":13724,"heading":"State of Siege In Argentina","author":"IMC","created":"2001-12-21 06:47:22","modified":"2005-08-15 00:48:53","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:48:53","article":"<p>Los Angeles Independent Media Center - news \r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p><tr><td colspan=\"2\">\r\n\r\n<b>State of siege declared by government as Argentina explodes<\/b><br>\r\n<br>\r\nLooting was reported today in many parts of Argentina while confrontations were reported in La Plata and Cordoba. The\r\ngovernment has declared a state of siege, thereby suspending all constitutional rights,\r\nincluding the right to assemble. Police forces have been called in and it\r\nis rumoured that the army might be preparing to aid in the repression of the people.\r\nBusinesses are closing for fear of more looting and more\r\nactions like those seen earlier this week are planned by them. Protesters have stormed supermarkets in 'food riots' in direct action against IMF imposed austerity measures. The people\r\nin Argentina look out of their windows to see their country fall into\r\nchaos.\r\n<p>\r\n<b>Other source for news on Argentina in English:<\/b><br>\r\n* Buenos Aries Herald<br>\r\n* Yahoo News: Argentina\r\n<br><b>Background<\/b> on Argentina and the IMF.\r\n<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/argentina.indymedia.org","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"A State of siege is declared by the government as Argentina explodes","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2001\/12\/argentina1219.htm","filesize":"2.0 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2001\/12\/13724.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}