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Third Malón de la Paz awaits response from the Argentine Supreme Court

Photo: CELS

August 3|

The Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina has not yet issued a response on the complaints made by members of the Third Malón of Peace installed in front of the Court since August 1.

The representatives of the 400 indigenous communities that are there presented the injunctions to declare the nullity of the Reform of the Constitution of Jujuy carried out by Governor Gerardo Morales.

Likewise, they also have among their objectives to demand to the National Congress the intervention of the province and the approval of a Community Property Law.

“We came because we maintain the balance, a balance of nature and emotion, we must not let them privatize it, many forms of life would disappear, self-sustainability would be in great danger and native agriculture such as corn, potatoes would be in great danger because the water would be privatized, and would make us systematically disappear as a culture,” said Desiderio Olmos, who are camping in front of the Courts.

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El Malón is made up of community members of the native peoples who live in the province in defense of water and the right to their lands.

The successive repressions ordered by Morales against protests have not been able to stop the demonstrations, but neither have they been able to bring down the constitutional change.

The social groups that reached the capital crossed the country for a week, combining walks with journeys in vehicles, and for the last stretch they organized a march, the largest since the Bicentennial.

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