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Por Candela Palacios (Equipo de CS)

El Tercer Malón de la Paz. Una historia de reclamos al silencio.

Papá, dime otra vez, ¿por qué tuviste que ir tan lejos?

Esperábamos que así se escuchara por fin el reclamo por nuestra tierra, hijo mío.

Pero ¿la tierra no es ya nuestra? 

Sí, hijo. Siempre lo ha sido. Pero algunas personas quieren que este hecho sea olvidado, como nosotros mismos lo hemos sido.*

La noche del 15 de junio de 2023 la Convención Constituyente de la provincia de Jujuy, al norte de Argentina, aprobó una reforma a la Constitución jujeña la cual retrocede gravemente avances logrados a nivel nacional en materia de derechos humanos y de derechos de Pueblos Indígenas, criminalizando además la protesta.  

Argentina: Urge Harvard to Be a Responsible Investor

The Iberá wetlands system in Argentina is one of the world’s largest freshwater bodies, but it is under threat. Vast monocrop pine and eucalyptus plantations have virtually eliminated biodiversity in more than half of the wetlands, devastating freshwater levels and dramatically affecting the livelihoods of the Guaraní Indigenous People who have lived in relationship with the lands for generations and depend on these ecosystems. Who's responsible? None other than Harvard University.

On November 27th, a group of organizations representing local farmers, Indigenous communities, and environmentalists gathered to protest in the Capital of Corrientes, Argentina, to demand an end to the land-grabbing by foreign investors in the province.

Across Argentina, Corrientes has the highest percentage of its land being sold to foreign investors, leaving communities unable to continue their traditional agricultural practices, animal grazing, and with diminishing levels of fresh water.

Local residents dress as zomies to protest the death of their culture and the Iberá wetlands they depend on.

In October, a protest broke out in the village of Chavarria, in Corrientes, Argentina, bordering the Iberá wetlands, one of the largest bodies of fresh water in the world and currently under threat by vast mono-cropped pine plantations  in which Harvard University invests. While investing millions into plantations in the Iberá wetlands of Argentina, Harvard University continues to ignore concerns voiced by community members about their right to access their traditio

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