Product of the massive reception of the fans to the world champions and the festivities that took place in the city of Buenos Airesa still incalculable number of destruction, graffiti and debris flooded downtown Buenos Aires.
To the celebration for the Cup obtained in the Soccer World Cup Qatar 2022 There were also clashes between the City Police and fans of La Scaloneta, as the team led by Lionel Messi is popularly known, both inside and in the vicinity of the Obelisk.
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Personnel from the Public Space and Urban Hygiene sector of the City government provided LA NACION with details on the resulting damages. “They are unimaginable”, described the source at first.
Then, he explained that, if a comparison is made with the balance of damage left by “the party” after Argentina became world champion, “the damage this Tuesday doubled or tripled.”
the damages this Tuesday doubled or tripled
Despite the fact that at midday it had already been confirmed that the bus carrying the figures of the Lionel Scaloni group was not going to pass near the Obelisk, many chose to stay in place -others got tired and started back- and they kept the festive atmosphere late into the night. The same thing happened in other areas such as the General Paz Highway and the 25 de Mayo Highway.
Incidents and destruction at the Obelisk
It was not until minutes before 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday that the first signs of disturbances could be glimpsed near the Obelisk, when fans managed to break the entrance door to the monument with their hammers.
“We had welded that door after what happened last Sunday and they pulled it down again,” lamented the source consulted in dialogue with this medium.
Also, he said he was aware of the amount of graffiti inside and outside the tourist attraction. “We are going to repaint and restore it. We are also going to replace the door and the gate”.
Another replacement that will have to be done in a short time, he specified, is that of the security cameras inside the place and the LED lights that were placed in the pyramid for the 80th anniversary of the Obelisk.
We are going to repaint and restore it. We are also going to replace the door and the gate
Outside the monument, clashes between the security forces and fans broke out using bottles, stones and rubber bullets. The riots also spread to other public buildings such as banks. In one of them, a group of people broke the metal shutter that covered a branch and stole a printer on the spot.
he incidents ended around 10:00 p.m., with a balance of 14 detainees and 24 officers injured. Along with the cleaning operation of Avenida 9 de Julio -which began at 11:00 p.m. due to the “abysmal amount of garbage” that there was-, Environment and Public Space announced that in the next few hours the survey of the damage, to which are added the aforementioned.
“The survey of the damage will take several days. We are talking about millions of people who passed through the place. However, there are certain issues that have already been reported and urgently need to be replaced.
Among them, large numbers of luminaires that no longer have wiring and broken traffic lights. These are articles that affect the day-to-day life of the Buenos Aires people”, they highlighted from the ministry.
Destruction in the vicinity of the monument
Just as it happened with the bank branch, they also evidenced destruction of green spaces and elements of the urban landscape. They placed special emphasis on the Espacio Verde BA sign, located a few meters from the Obelisk: “They completely tore it up. We don’t know if we’re going to change it. It is not set up for people to get on. The same happened with the plants that surround it. We’ll see if we change them.”
Regarding the solar panels installed on a section of the Metrobús, on July 9, which supply additional energy to the City system, they indicated: “The damage is irreparable. But it is not something that worries us in the short term. It does not affect the passenger.
On how long the repairs could take, the source did not offer a concrete answer. “It will start with covering the graffiti and cleaning the spaces, which is the fastest. We will continue with public lighting and traffic lights, ”she specified.
And he completed: “We will have to look again at the Obelisk pyramid as well, check its condition. The other things still have to be revealed, so we don’t know when we could finish it. The reality is we have never seen anything of this magnitude.”
Finally, LA NACION consulted about the costs that the Buenos Aires government must assume to repair the Buenos Aires center, but because the total damages are still unknown, the Ministry refused to reveal a number that was not exact.
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