TROUBLE IN THE TRIANGLE

It's a Saturday afternoon in October, and Abel Orlando Puca is on his way to a monthly community meeting of residents in San Miguel de los Colorados, a hamlet of mud-brick houses with grass roofs in the Argentine province of Jujuy. Seventy families live here, spread across a high, mountainous p...

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Published inEarth Island journal Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 41 - 44
Main Author Boersma, Ynske
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published San Francisco Earth Island Institute 01.04.2024
Subjects
Atmospheric particulates
Community
Constitutional law
Constitutions
Construction materials
Demonstrations & protests
Grasses
Lithium
Native peoples
Salt lakes
Shootings
Argentina
San Salvador
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Summary:It's a Saturday afternoon in October, and Abel Orlando Puca is on his way to a monthly community meeting of residents in San Miguel de los Colorados, a hamlet of mud-brick houses with grass roofs in the Argentine province of Jujuy. Seventy families live here, spread across a high, mountainous plateau called the Puna, in the northern corner of the country. A fierce wind blows clouds of dust over the desolate plain, where it has not rained in eight months. The soil is bone dry and covered with low shrubs and curled tufts of grass. In the distance, a series of salt lakes sparkles white.
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ISSN:1041-0406