2010 Special Broadcasts / 1st Conference of the National Peasant and Indigenous Movement of Argentina
September 10-14, Buenos Aires 2010. “For the return of the poor from the cities to the countryside”
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20 September 2010 | Videos | 1st Conference of the National Peasant and Indigenous Movement of Argentina
Beyond Slogans
Interview with Veronica Maturano from the UST Mendoza, on water, land and peasant development
The Argentinean Province of Mendoza is always featured in tourism magazines, TV shows and websites due to their typical products: olives, vines and tomatoes. However, peasants are suffering the other side of this image that has managed to “sell” Mendoza to the world, benefitting a few big companies. Watch video
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15 September 2010 | Interviews | 1st Conference of the National Peasant and Indigenous Movement of Argentina
True Voices
Aldolfo Pérez Esquivel at the Conference of the Peasant and Indigenous Movement in Plaza de Mayo
Perez Esquivel was present in Plaza de Mayo, the place chosen by the peasant organizations to close their first conference. Read more
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15 September 2010 | Videos | 1st Conference of the National Peasant and Indigenous Movement of Argentina
“Our Factory”
Interview with Guadalupe Tolaba from Jujuy, Argentina: women in the Conference of the MNCI
The reduction of the peasant population and culture in Latin America has resulted in, among other things, a change in the concept of work: peasants had to be urbanized and leave the production of food to agribusinesses. Peasant daily work “is not considered a job”. Watch video
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13 September 2010 | News | 1st Conference of the National Peasant and Indigenous Movement of Argentina
“They know who we are”
Beginning of the First Conference of the National Peasant and Indigenous Movement from Argentina
With musical performances at the Bakers Union in Buenos Aires Province, the First Conference of the National Peasant and Indigenous Movement of Argentina started on September 11. Read more
