Security Emergency Declared In BA Province -- Buenos Aires Herald
Human rights organizations express concern as more clout is given to police forces
Buenos Aires Governor Daniel Scioli yesterday declared “the state of security emergency” in the nation’s largest province for a year. The governor said he was sceptical of any immediate solution and took aim at the opposition.
“There is neither a law nor a decree to solve the problem. Who says so is lying to the rest of society,” Scioli said yesterday in the Buenos Aires province’s offices in this capital surrounded by his Cabinet, but not by his ultra-Kirchnerite Lieutenant-Governor Gabriel Mariotto.
Scioli yesterday said that he will be calling around 5,000 retired police officers to join the province’s force, a decision that raised some doubts among progressive sectors.
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Update: Buenos Aires declares emergency over spike in violence -- Global Post/AFP
My Comment: To think that Argentina was once Latin America's most prosperous nation. This is what happens when an electorate continuously votes for politicians who fail them.
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