An interesting day to say the least

So my day started off at around 2 when I met some friends near a Subte station to do some shopping. When I got out of the Subte station all I could hear were car horns and people banging on pots and pans. After wondering what was going on we finally stopped someone and asked. The police had arressted an important figure. Here in Argentina the farmers of the country were on strike for just at 90 days. During this time the interior (the rest of the country besides Buenos Aires) experienced food shortages and the grocery stores were literally starting to become empty. The main problems were with meat and milk shortages as the farmers were blocking off the roads into the city and milk was spoiling on the highway. Buenos Aires was starting to feel this shortage as well but then the strike ended. After the President spoke about the issue the strike started again. Today, the police arrested the leader of the farmers and Argentines went to the streets to protest. While they want the strike to end, the right to protest is a major thing here that no Argentine wants to loose. As a result, many many people took to the streets.

Beyond all of that comotion we just walked around and did a little shopping. Tomorrow we are going ot the market in San Telmo and Monday we are going to Uruguay. Uruguay is only about an hour or so away by ferry. That really sums up the day and most of the plans I have until I leave. I'll let you know how everything goes.