Total chaos

With all five subway lines halted, city transportation was described as, well, hell today. City buses were bursting at the seams and taxis were hard to hail, thanks to the subway strike, which was expected to last until midnight today. (Update: Ian tells me the A line is now running...and is free, to help handle the city's transportation emergency.)

This comes on the heels of a surreal riot by train passengers Tuesday night in estación Constitución (see photo below). I turned on the TV set to see the live images Tuesday night and struggled to understand that, yes, passengers started the riots because the trains running south of the city were delayed again. Teenagers blazenly threw rocks at police officers in riot gear... Today those trains were running, with delays, for no charge. (Ticket booths were burnt down, so that makes some sense.)

Getting out of the city by plane is no picnic either. Ian's reporting a story in Mendoza, so he got us tickets this week (bonus: we can get tickets at residents' cost these days). First, he reserved some nicely priced ones on LAN Argentina, but they haven't managed a domestic flight all week,due to workers' strikes. So then he got slightly more expensive Aerolineas Argentinas tix, so here's hoping they don't strike and the radar works...