Argentina: We’re Drowning in Sadness

Inter Press Service: The legal battle waged by an indigenous community in northern Argentina against the government over a project that flooded half of their territory highlights the fact that legal title to their land is not enough to overcome the marginalisation they have faced for centuries. El Descanso, 1,500 kilometres north of Buenos Aires, is a Pilagá indigenous community in the northeastern Argentine province of Formosa. It is located next to the La Estrella wetlands, an area spanning 400,000 ......

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