Police within the barricade at a Piqueteros protest | Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 2004

Police form to monitor the Piquetero protests planned for that afternoon. Due to several recent cases of police brutality towards the members of the Piquetero movements, President Kirchner ordered a mandate of "no tolerance" for repression. The police have to enclose the entire government center of Buenos Aires with barricades. They are then within the confines and the Piqueteros are outside. For those few hours, about 15 blocks of the busiest part of the city are open only for residents, workers and media.