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Events
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December
December 2001 riots in Argentina:
16 December: Unemployed activists and protestors demanding food from supermarkets cause several incidents in Greater Buenos Aires.
18 December: Supermarkets and convenience stores start being looted in several places of Greater Buenos Aires and Rosario.
19 December: President de la Rua declares a state of emergency. Cacerolazos erupt in major cities. Minister Domingo Cavallo resigns.
20 December: Violent incidents in Plaza de Mayo between protestors and police, and in other parts of the country. 26 people die. The president resigns.
22 December: After Congress deliberations, Adolfo Rodriguez Saa is appointed interim president.
30 December: Rodriguez Saa fails to obtain political support from his fellow party members, and resigns after only a week in office.
Deaths
March 4: Gerardo Barbero (b. 1961), chess grandmaster
October 3: Gregorio Peralta (b. 1935), heavyweight boxer
Sports
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