Wednesday afternoon, just before five, regular shopping time. But the windows of a supermarket in Saavedra, a quiet, middle-class neighborhood in Buenos Aires, are boarded up. Heavy steel bars cover the panes, behind which you can still see the posters with the special offers. Only one entrance door is open, behind it a security guard, friendly nod, bag check, then the man explains that unfortunately all this is now necessary. “You know, because of the situation in the country,” he says. “There are these everywhere now saqueos.“
Shop looting: The situation threatens to escalate in Argentina – Economy
