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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 30 November 2018
ARGENTINA: Football violence mars G-20 summit
It was supposed to be the final to end all finals. For the first time in the tournament’s 58-year history Club Atlético River Plate and Club Atlético Boca Juniors, Argentina’s most popular football teams, were due to play each other in a decisive second leg of the Copa Libertadores de América regional club football competition. The match, due to be played in Buenos Aires on 24 November, was meant to showcase the best of Argentine and South American football. However, the game had to be suspended following a violent incident involving local hooligans (‘barras bravas’). The episode, which made headlines around the world, has raised serious questions about the Argentine authorities’ ability to maintain peace and order in general and to guarantee public security during the upcoming G-20 heads of state summit due to be held in Buenos Aires from 30 November to 1 December in particular.
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