ABSTRACT
On 19 and 20 December 2001 a massive, spontaneous and essentially nonviolent popular uprising occurred in the streets of Argentina in defiance of the State of Siege proclaimed by the wholly discredited government of Fernando de la Rúa. These events were preceded by days in which social protests of different sorts had reached their peak with the looting of supermarkets and food shops. The police responded with repression that took the lives of more than 30 persons.
