‘They take our water, our soil’: protesters fight ‘foreignisation’ as Javier Milei encourages land sales in Argentina
Indigenous groups and activists in Argentina are protesting President Javier Milei's deregulation policies that allow for increased foreign ownership of land and natural resources. Protesters argue these measures threaten environmental sovereignty and local water supplies.
Why it matters
The conflict illustrates the tension between far-right economic liberalization and the protection of Indigenous rights and natural resources.
Indigenous communities in Chubut province protest against the Argentine government’s plans to lift limits on the sale of land to foreigners. Photograph: Roxana Sposaro Indigenous communities in Chubut province protest against the Argentine government’s plans to lift limits on the sale of land to foreigners. Photograph: Roxana Sposaro Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean Indigenous peoples ‘They take our water, our soil’: protesters fight ‘foreignisation’ as Javier Milei encourages land sales in Argentina The country’s far-right president is courting billionaire investors by removing a block on foreign ownership of land and natural resources
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