The penalty was given, the protests were loud and long, and then in the calm that followed, Messi made the conversion.
It was an astute move, given the protests at last year's annual meeting, where one in three of the votes cast didn't support the remuneration report.
"Given the protests from numerous hotels complaining about the noise from construction work, we thought it essential to create quiet for our visitors – something that is vital for what we offer hotel quests during the tourist season," Ms Avellino said.
Clinton had planned to visit the city last week but delayed the trip after city officials said their resources were stretched thin, given the protests around the release of police video of the shooting of Scott.
Given the protests in Brazil about the cost of running the tournament, how would this affect Uruguay and Argentina?
Given the protests sweeping North Africa and the Middle East, it seems invasions and foreign military occupations just aren't as effective at promoting reform as nonviolent protest.
After being kidnapped by pro-Mubarak security forces and held for over a week, Ghonim continued to rally protesters upon his release; subsequent interviews he gave are credited with giving the protest renewed vigor.
Having failed to talk it out of the strike, ministers, including both the finance minister, Luis Raul Matos Azocar, and the planning minister, Teodoro Petkoff, gave the protest a lukewarm endorsement, arguing that the promised wage rises had indeed not been made.
