Sin éxito en los intentos de conseguir el apoyo de la oposición, De la Rúa abandona la presidencia.
Os protestos são reprimidos e as Forças Policiais recebem a ordem de "limpar" a Plaza de Mayo.
The Argentine crisis hits its peak on December 20. Government forces employ violence to repress the protests, after being given the order to clear Plaza de Mayo and indiscriminately detain whomever. Peronism rejects the government’s calls for national unity and the only recourse left for the president is to resign.
