[2] There were also protests in Argentine embassies and consulates in cities such as New York, Miami, Madrid, Sydney, Bogotá, Santiago and Barcelona, among others.

[8] The government imposed arbitrary trade barriers[9] and forbade the acquisition of foreign currency, generating a black market in it.

Relations between Kirchnerism and the press worsened, with several attacks to[clarification needed] the newspapers not aligned with the government.

[16] The 2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster, the crime levels and the lack of respect for republican institutions were also invoked as causes for the protest.

Many people were already present at the intersection of Santa Fe and Callao Streets in Buenos Aires at 19:30, and most of them gathered at Plaza de Mayo at 21:00.

[1] Hundreds of people protested at the Quinta de Olivos, the official residence of the president, even though Kirchner was not present at the time.

Todo Noticias, which is not aligned with the government, broadcast the protest the whole night, with a notable boost in the points of rating.