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by logicchains 4490 days ago
No, they weren't. To quote the Wikipedia[1] article on the riots: "The uprising was a predominantly middle-class uprising against the government of President Fernando de la RĂșa, who had failed to contain the economic crisis that was going through its third year of recession".

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2001_riots_%28Argentin...