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Brazil & Southern Cone - August 2006 (ISSN 1741-4431)
ARGENTINA: Indigenous communities make their presence felt
Argentina's indigenous communities, in the north-central province of Chaco and the north-western province of Jujuy, made a concerted effort to win back some of their ancestral lands in late July and early August. Twelve Toba Indian leaders staged a month-long hunger strike, from 21 July, in the Chaco provincial government building; some 1,200 Kolla Indians in Jujuy erected roadblocks and staged a protest march between 8 and 10 August.
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