Anti-Fracking Movement Emerges to Halt Argentina's Natural Gas Boom

July 2017

Author: Brandon Jordan

In: Third World Network, 2017

Overview of opposition to fracking plans in Argentina, includinga provincial law in the province of Entre Rios to ban fracking (it is not directly involved in the plans) and Vista Alegre became the first municipality to ban fracking. The Supreme Court suspended the ban, but residents marched to the capital and blocked a highway to demonstrate their commitment to it. Brandon notes also that the Mapuche, the largest indigenous group in Argentina were mobilizing to resist the threats to their land, especially near the Vaca Muerte basin. (The article was reproduced from the Waging Nonviolence website.)

See also Platform London, 'UK-Argentina Fracking Talks Targeted by Protest', 22 May 2019.

https://platformlondon.org/p-pressreleases/uk-argentina-fracking-talks-targeted-by-protest/

Available online at:

https://www.twn.my/twnf/2017/4547.htm

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