protests getting worse

This protest is different. Most protests, when I interact with Argentines, their response is "well, it's just Argentina, that's normal here." This one people are mad, ordinary people are coming out in the street, some are crying, experssing fear of another military dictatorship. Either way, most recognize that the current government is short-changing the nation in a lot of ways.

The President seems to keep shooting herself in the foot with her speeches. She came out yesterday and demanded for the farmers to stop protesting, that the government would not accept this kind of treatment with a "gun pointed at their heads." I understand the machismo element here in Argentina, but something this serious, I feel like calling the others names or raising the threats is not a wise strategy.

By the way, isn't government there to serve the people? not act like it's this big independent force of us vs. you. The government here in Argentina needs to realize that most of Argentina is with the farmers. They can admit they made a mistake and withdraw or rework their tax framework. The farmers could strengthen their support of the Argentine populace by allowing a limited amount of domestic supply out so that people can eat their meat and drink their milk again. And not export anything. Don't export anything, government can't get the heavy export taxes. They self-implode on a lack of revenue.

We'll see how this one plays out...

see an informative Q&A done by BBC News