Travellers should anticipate significant transportation disruptions in the coming days

More than 200,000 protesters attended a rally against a proposed tax increase on agricultural exports at the Monumento a los Españoles in Buenos Aires on 15 July 2008. Meanwhile, approximately 90,000 supporters of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner held a counter-demonstration in front of Congress; both rallies were peaceful. The Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Congress, narrowly approved the tax increase on 5 July. The Senate will vote on the proposed tax increase on agricultural exports on 16 July. Although Kirchner's center-left Front for Victory coalition has a majority, the vote is expected to be very close. If the tax increase passes, opponents of the measure will likely launch another round of protests throughout the country. Travellers should anticipate significant transportation disruptions in the coming days