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Argentina's Socio-Environmental Conflicts: The Fight for Water and Territory

Intense socio-environmental conflicts are unfolding across Argentina. Activists and communities are resisting mining, fracking, and deforestation, facing government repression and criminalization. They argue that the state operates in the interests of corporations, sacrificing the environment and people's rights for profit.


Argentina's Socio-Environmental Conflicts: The Fight for Water and Territory

Intense socio-environmental conflicts are unfolding across Argentina. In Mendoza, activists oppose the San Jorge mining project, denouncing government persecution and fabricated legal cases to silence dissent. In Patagonia, mining operations threaten national parks and water sources. In the north, the community of Andalgalá has been protesting large-scale mining for 15 years. In the Litoral region, the resistance continues against pulp mills polluting the Uruguay River. Despite repression and judicial harassment, community assemblies and organizations persist in their struggle, defending water, life, and territory.