This is a research question I'm posing in connection to a study group we are doing with/around SeaSol.
What were the main tactics used by the Piqueteros aside from blocking motorways?
What are the reasons the Piqueteros tactics succeeded in Argentina to some extent in the late 90s/early 00s?
What did those tactics achieve?
What factors made it possible to win?
Why did it stop?
What is the current state of the Piqueteros?
How did they start, how did they come to use the methods they did?
Could they be reproduced in other countries now?
Of course there are hundreds of other questions that could be asked and these aren't the best ones. If anyone feels like answering these questions please do. Or equally importantly, please post suggestions for reading material to cover these questions. I'll post my own opinions soon...
Hello 888,
Interesting questions.
The motorway blockades were about stopping the circulation of capital (I guess you know that) and the piqueteros declined when the movement in general in Argentina was weakened by the successful manouvers of the state in offering what looked like positive change through elections, a more "progressive" government. What I was universally told by Argentinians was that the whole popular uprising got derailed by the political parties intervening.
This is a really interesting topic.