G20 Summit: Attempt to assault Puerto Madero on a Canadian expert who covered 12 meetings – 28/11/2018

Canadian John Kirton, maybe the most famous connoisseur of the G20, with many academic and journalistic papers on the subject, has suffered a violent badault attempt in Puerto Madero, a few meters from Luna Park, before the start of the summit in Buenos Aires.

Although, at first, it appeared that his belongings had been stolen, in dialogue with Clarin clarified that He was approached by two young men who held him by the back and pushed him to the ground, but they could not get anything out of him with the help of two women. who fought with the criminals. It was this Tuesday around 3:15 pm in the microphones at different scenarios of the G20 Summit.

"After 31 G7 summits, twelve G20 summits and one of the BRICS since 1988, My luck and the security of the host have finally failed. Do not cry for me, cry for Argentina, "writes Kirton on Twitter with a lot of irony and a bit of indignation, while the Argentine authorities are showing great security.

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"I was walking with two colleagues when two young men attacked me and journalists traveling to Buenos Aires for the G20 Summit must not travel alone or have the confidence that the local police will protect them," M said. Kirton.

As reported by the ANSA news agency, Kirton called "Take precautions."

For the G20, the city will be virtually armored, with a mega security operation that will have more than 22,000 soldiers.

The meeting of heads of state will be held on Friday and Saturday in Buenos Aires with the restricted traffic and numerous blockades.

The Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, defined the operation as follows: "powerful, strong and adequate"; Hernán Lombardi, coordinator of the G20 Technical Unit, said that with the summit, "we have demonstrated great organizational capacity".

Last weekend, an alert was issued against Argentine authorities when violent supporters they prevented the development of the local football clbadic, between River Plate and Boca Juniors, in the expected end of the Copa Libertadores, which should have been suspended due to the aggression of the players, which presented serious security problems.

Kirton is Professor of Political Science and Director and Co-Founder of the G7 Research Group, Co-Director (with Alan Alexandroff and Donald Brean) and Founder of the G20 Research Group, Founder and Co-Director (with James Orbinski) of the Global Health Diplomacy Program and Founder and Co-Founder of the BRICS Research Group , all housed at the Munk School of World Affairs at the University of Trinity College, at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Since 2016, he has been Acting Director of the International Relations Program at the same university. The academic came to Buenos Aires to integrate G20 meetings and decisions.

ANSA Source.