May 20, 2010

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This is about Argentina's Street Blockades breeds 'Anything Goes' Culture:
The street blockades that almost paralyzed Mexico City and Buenos Aires in recent days, interrupting traffic and keeping millions of people from going to work, are becoming a major economic problem. But their invisible costs may be larger than their immediate monetary impact.

Last week, members of Mexico's electricians' union blocked major streets and access roads to Mexico City, preventing people from going to work and school. Simultaneously, in Buenos Aires, there was even more than usual traffic chaos when a strike by subway workers forced tens of thousands of people to drive downtown in their cars.
During the first nine months this year alone, Buenos Aires has suffered 440 street blockades, or more than one a day, according to Argentina's daily La NaciĆ³n. The Mexico City Chamber of Commerce says there have been nearly 200 traffic-obstructing marches in Mexico City, or about 22 a month, over the same period. They cost the city an average of $140 million a month in lost sales because people can't get to stores, the Chamber says.
"And that doesn't count the hours that are lost by workers," says Arturo Mendicuti, the chamber president. "I myself have been stuck in traffic for more than three hours."

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