Mayo Closed Today - Protests

Hello Steve,

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Here is another of many posts specifically for you because you had asked me to keep an eye out for happenings here in South America.

Today, I was riding home and three blocks of Mayo Avenue were closed down for the evening's protest by students and faculty I assume. They had bullhorns and were instructing people on what to do and where to go from here.

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At the end of the street near Plaza de Mayo, there were traffic cops waving people to another street, no way to head straight west on Mayo.

I stopped and listened for a moment to see what it was about, but I was unable to remain in the streets to hear the whole thing. This one was much more comfortable to ride through than the last one. The caliber of people was a bit higher and I did not feel like anyone there would rob me.

I am not out every day, but if I were, I could certainly find one or two 'bolonquis' happening if I did a quick circuit around the city, more if I went out to the surrounding areas. I am also working on uploading video to 3speak.tv (the Hive video platform). Signing up has been impossible so far. Confirm email - your email is confirmed already - sign in - please confirm email -- death loop.

Bolonqui is slang for desorden or lio in Spanish - Big Mess in English.
Even the word is messed up - original is quilombo