La Universidad Nacional closed early today. People on campus were evenly divided between panicky trying to leave, panicky trying to push their way in, and way too busy making out to notice anything unusual. Apparently someone heard a Molotov cocktail, or a rocket, or a firecracker, or something.We knew it either was something truly out of the ordinary or nothing atall, because La Nacional students NEVER plan protests for Mondays. Or Fridays, for that matter. Tuesdays are pretty much out too. But Wednesdays, gotta watch out for Wednesdays. And Thursdays it's pretty much guaranteed that if the headkerchief-wearing element is upset about something, rocks will be thrown. And tanks, in a perfectly lopsided response, will be deployed. My favorite image is of the soldiers, many of them about the same age as the students, wearing body armour and sitting at a nearby playground watching the afternoon soccer game while they wait for the protests to begin. Nothing says summer like that.
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