Argentina’s capital city will go into a total security shutdown on Thursday as the heads of state of the world’s 20 biggest economies start arriving for the two-day G20 summit, which begins on Friday.
All flights over Buenos Aires will be diverted and trains, subways and all public transport will be cancelled for the duration of the summit, as the city braces for around 33 anti-G20 protests and cultural events.
Friday has been declared a public holiday, and the center-right government of the Argentinian president, Mauricio Macri, has encouraged the city’s inhabitants to head out of town during the conference.
“We recommend you use the long weekend to leave,” said the security minister, Patricia Bullrich. “Leave on Thursday because the city’s going to get very complicated.”
The cancellation of public transport will extend beyond the capital city itself and spill over into parts of the greater Buenos Aires area, affecting its total 12 million inhabitants.
Around 22,000 police and security agents will be involved in the vast security operation.
“There will be lots of no-go zones, because the security measures will be very strong, and we’re going to take immediate decisions if there’s any violence because we’re not going to allow it,” Bullrich said.
“We know there are attempts to generate spaces of extreme violence and situations of chaos and disturbances during the G20,” Bullrich warned.
In a country with a long tradition of large, though generally peaceful, street protests, anti-G20 campaigners are planning a large number of demonstrations and events.
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