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| Argentina looting spreads to Buenos Aires province | Argentina looting spreads to Buenos Aires province |
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| Argentine police have clashed with hundreds of people trying to loot a supermarket near Buenos Aires. | Argentine police have clashed with hundreds of people trying to loot a supermarket near Buenos Aires. |
| The incident took place in broad day light outside a Carrefour supermarket in San Fernando, in the outskirts of the capital. | The incident took place in broad day light outside a Carrefour supermarket in San Fernando, in the outskirts of the capital. |
| Riot police used tear gas and managed to stop the attack. But in other parts of the country, supermarkets and shops have been looted. | Riot police used tear gas and managed to stop the attack. But in other parts of the country, supermarkets and shops have been looted. |
| The government says trade unions linked to the opposition are to blame. | |
| "This has been orchestrated. Someone has started all this to create an atmosphere of fear," said San Fernando mayor Luis Andreotti. | "This has been orchestrated. Someone has started all this to create an atmosphere of fear," said San Fernando mayor Luis Andreotti. |
| Argentine television showed images of people - many of them with their faces covered - throwing stones at the police and trying to break into shops and supermarkets. | Argentine television showed images of people - many of them with their faces covered - throwing stones at the police and trying to break into shops and supermarkets. |
| The first looting incidents happened on Thursday in the southern resort city of Bariloche. | The first looting incidents happened on Thursday in the southern resort city of Bariloche. |
| At least three supermarkets were looted there by more than 100 people, who left with electronics, toys, clothes and food. | At least three supermarkets were looted there by more than 100 people, who left with electronics, toys, clothes and food. |
| Following a request from the provincial governor, the central government sent some 400 federal troops to Bariloche, in Santa Fe province. | Following a request from the provincial governor, the central government sent some 400 federal troops to Bariloche, in Santa Fe province. |
| Plasma TVs | Plasma TVs |
| Other attacks were registered overnight in the industrial cities of Campana and Zarate, in Buenos Aires province; Resistencia, in the north; and in Argentina's third city, Rosario. | Other attacks were registered overnight in the industrial cities of Campana and Zarate, in Buenos Aires province; Resistencia, in the north; and in Argentina's third city, Rosario. |
| Two people were killed in Rosario as security guards tried to stop the looting. | Two people were killed in Rosario as security guards tried to stop the looting. |
| At least 117 people were detained in Buenos Aires province and 128 in Santa Fe province, the authorities say. | At least 117 people were detained in Buenos Aires province and 128 in Santa Fe province, the authorities say. |
| Memories of the 2001 looting and riots, during latest economic crisis, are still fresh in the South American country. | Memories of the 2001 looting and riots, during latest economic crisis, are still fresh in the South American country. |
| But the government of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner accuses organised groups, linked to the opposition and the "right-wing media", of trying to undermine its social reform programme. | But the government of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner accuses organised groups, linked to the opposition and the "right-wing media", of trying to undermine its social reform programme. |
| "There is a part of Argentina that wants to drive the country into chaos and violence," deputy Security Minister Sergio Berni said in Bariloche. | "There is a part of Argentina that wants to drive the country into chaos and violence," deputy Security Minister Sergio Berni said in Bariloche. |
| "But this Argentina is not the same of 2001," he added. | "But this Argentina is not the same of 2001," he added. |
| Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli also says the disruption is politically motivated. | Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli also says the disruption is politically motivated. |
| "People who are leaving looted shops with plasma TVs are not hungry," said Scioli. | "People who are leaving looted shops with plasma TVs are not hungry," said Scioli. |
| Opposition union leader Hugo Moyano dismissed the government's accusations. | Opposition union leader Hugo Moyano dismissed the government's accusations. |
| "This is probably triggered by the difficult situation the people of Argentina are facing. I cannot imagine that this has been organised by someone," said Mr Moyano, head of the powerful CGT union. | "This is probably triggered by the difficult situation the people of Argentina are facing. I cannot imagine that this has been organised by someone," said Mr Moyano, head of the powerful CGT union. |