With the support of the PRO, UCR, and provincial forces, the national government managed to get the Chamber of Deputies to approve the reform of the Glacier Law with 137 votes in favor, 111 against, and 3 abstentions. Outside, on the streets, popular rejection was felt with a massive mobilization in front of the National Congress, and with marches and noise rallies in different points of the Buenos Aires metropolitan area and the country. Thus, once again in Mendoza under Cornejo, the constitutional right was prevented from being exercised to silence the protests against an unconstitutional, regressive, and flawed reform from its conception. "We cannot stand by with our arms crossed while they destroy the law that cost us so much effort to obtain and that ensures the water supply for 7 million people," they remark. This early morning, after one in the morning, the national government managed – with the support of legislators from PRO, UCR, and provincial forces – for the Chamber of Deputies to approve the reform of the Glacier Law, with 137 votes in favor, 111 against, and 3 abstentions. They did it with their backs to the people, who mostly showed their rejection in the government-manipulated public hearings held in Congress (even, Página 12 published a note revealing that a former SIDE spy), and in the streets, in defense of the Glacier Law. In this context, the "largest collective lawsuit in Argentine history" was launched to defend water, which denounces the unconstitutionality of the reform to the Glacier Law, and is promoted by Greenpeace, the Association of Environmental Lawyers, and the Environment and Natural Resources Foundation (FARN). After the betrayal of the citizen's will, we are going to justice, but we need you to stop this setback. Join the largest collective lawsuit in history to denounce the unconstitutionality of the reform to the Glacier Law. Now, in the face of the Glacier Law reform, we have no choice but to go to justice. More than 102,000 people were not heard in the public hearing. And they voted against the will of 80% of citizens who want to defend water. It was also voted against ignoring scientific criteria and the resistance of peoples throughout the country, whenever they tried to veto it or mutilate it in its key articles. Around the Congress, the national day of struggle in defense of water sources began with the traditional mobilization of retirees on Wednesdays, which included among their demands the rejection of the reform and the demand on legislators not to govern for corporations. Retirees with all struggles As always on the Wednesday rounds, retirees march in the vicinity of Congress claiming their rights and all struggles. #jubilacionesypensiones #leydeglaciares #fatenosecierrapic.twitter.com/paLEzDbFA1 — ANRed #30Años (@Red__Accion) April 8, 2026 "We want representatives to listen to the people and not govern for corporations" In addition to marching as every Wednesday for their historical demands, retirees demand that the #GlacierLaw not be modified, which protects water sources. pic.twitter.com/ECqTIOF7pI — ANRed #30Años (@Red__Accion) April 8, 2026 Then, shortly after the central march in defense of the Glacier Law began, provocatively and with the sole objective of causing chaos, the City Police began to repress those who were mobilizing on the sidewalks and streets. There was a provocative repression by the Buenos Aires City Police in the vicinity of the legislative palace, and there were also detentions in the march in Mendoza. "We cannot stand by with our arms crossed while they destroy the law that cost us so much effort to obtain and that ensures the water supply for 7 million people." The now reformed Glacier Law (Law 26.639), voted in 2010, protected glaciers and the periglacial environment as strategic reserves of fresh water, prohibiting industrial, mining, and polluting hydrocarbon activities in those areas, defining these areas as public goods to guarantee human consumption and the ecosystem. Now, with the new reform enabled by legislators in favor of the mining lobby, these areas and resources will be unprotected. URGENT: Repression and detainees in Mendoza The march in defense of the glacier law that is taking place in the province of Mendoza is being repressed and there are at least two detainees. pic.twitter.com/gDeBrmp9c — ANRed #30Años (@Red__Accion) April 9, 2026 URGENT: Repression and detainees in Mendoza The march in defense of the glacier law that is taking place in the province of Mendoza is being repressed and there are at least two detainees. pic.twitter.com/gDeBrmp9c — ANRed #30Años (@Red__Accion) April 9, 2026 Prisoners of your illusion: on the repression and detentions in Mendoza for defending water "The largest collective lawsuit in Argentine history to defend water" In this context, the "largest collective lawsuit in Argentine history to defend water" was launched, which denounces the unconstitutionality of the reform to the Glacier Law, and by the closing of this note, 269,479 people are already part of it. de Mayo pushing protesters towards the Congress There is at least one detainee, a member of the Association Against Institutional Violence (ACVI). pic.twitter.com/SIUF3qSZuR — ANRed #30Años (@Red__Accion) April 8, 2026 In dialogue with ANRed, first aid volunteers from the Evacuation and First Aid Corps (CEPA) denounced that they also suffered aggression. #Ahora The City Police represses the mobilization against the modification of the Glacier Law pic.twitter.com/kNK2XtHNH — ANRed #30Años (@Red__Accion) April 8, 2026 While night was beginning to fall, a multitude held a vigil in front of the National Congress, with interventions and artistic activities. Images: ANRed. April 8 While the national government builds its power behind everyone's backs: violating labor law; deforming inalienable laws and wanting to reform the glacier law, a multitude gathers to support life. the water cycle: the origin, the life. pic.twitter.com/jQKa81lh1 — ANRed #30Años (@Red__Accion) April 9, 2026 Several noise rallies were also beginning in different points of the metropolitan area. Social-environmental organizations and territorial assemblies called for a day of protest this Wednesday, April 8, against the reform of the Glacier Law and the advance of polluting extractivism. pic.twitter.com/cbtchtl9rf — ANRed #30Años (@Red__Accion) April 9, 2026 A short time later, in Mendoza, the provincial police violently repressed the protest on the streets and detained eight demonstrators. "In the face of the Glacier Law reform, we have no choice but to go to justice. Due to the repressive action of the federal police, there were at least two detainees, and many beaten and affected by tear gas. Images: ANRed. #Ahora The City Police sets up a police cordon on Av. de Mayo pushing protesters towards the Congress Video: ANRed. This medium is sustained through your solidarity contribution. We want to reach 500,000," they call out. And they add: "local communities were ignored, scientific and technical contributions were disregarded, expert voices were dismissed, and participation instances were limited. Find the link in our bio and subscribe. pic.twitter.com/xzRwdYjg5w — ANRed #30Años (@Red__Accion) April 8, 2026 #Ahora The City Police sets up a police cordon on Av. It is promoted by Greenpeace, the Association of Environmental Lawyers, and the Environment and Natural Resources Foundation (FARN). "Senators and deputies approved a reform to the Glacier Law that puts the water of millions of people at risk throughout the country – the call states – We cannot stand by with our arms crossed. You can participate by signing here.
