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 Fe

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 Rúa, 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_%28Argentina%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2001_riots_%28Argentin...