The choripán, made with chorizo sausage and bread, has been banned as a hygiene measure and as a move to cut funds to football hooligan groups who take a cut of the profits, authorities said, announcing they would replace the illegal wood fired grills with official food trucks.
But this week, left-wing group CTEP in response organised demonstrations against the banning of the traditional fare, with spokesman Gildo Onorato claiming that in a time of economic crisis the move was a distraction that would hurt ordinary citizens.
“It’s a smokescreen to make you think they are tackling the hooligans when it in facts hurts the little people,” he said.
The group handed out free choripánes at a ‘parrillazo’ demo on Thursday at the Plaza de la República, surrounding the Obelisk.
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