Photos taken on the first day of the Dakar Rally outside the town of Mones Cazon. The rally is racing towards the town of la Carreta, Buenos Aires province, Argentina.
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Gregory Millen ©2009 – all rights reserved.
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I am pleased to announce that the photo “Clamor espontáneo / Spontaneous Outcry” as perviously posted in “Retention Crisis in Argentina” has been selected for exhibition at the Salon Nacional de fotografia – National Salon of Photography in the city of Pergamino, Argentina.
This is the exhibition poster below.
Clamor espontáneo / Spontaneous Outcry
Marzo / March 2008 – Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires. Through-out the city thousands spontaneously take to the streets - Cacerolazo – in outrage at the President Christina’s speech slamming the farmers.
Masa en pacífico desacuerdo / Peaceful Mass Disagreement
Julio / July 2008 – Acto av. Libertador, Buenos Aires. On one of the main avenues of the city over 300 thousand people unite in protest supporting the farmers.
Victorioso acuerdo / Victorious Agreement
Julio / July 2008 – Acto av. Libertador, Buenos Aires. Supporters reveal in the words of a farm leaders speech the afternoon before the “no positivo” vote by Vice President Cobos (see below).
If you wish to use any of these photos that would be great! Please contact me about how and what, thanks!
Gregory Millen ©2008 – all rights reserved.
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The end of the “128 days Farm-Government / 128 días campo-gobierno” stand off came after the now famous Senate deciding “el voto de Cobos” (Vice President) which was – “no positivo” – to stop the increase in tax retentions becoming law. It is worth noting that the Government had for these past 128 days been collecting the increase in taxes which amounted to millions of dollars – lack of transparency as to where to money when still stands today. The protest was bringing on a food crisis with empty shelves in supermarkets and restaurants closing across the country. It impacted all of related services within argibusiness and effected the tourism industry.
Even now after the tax law has been thrown out of the Senate back in July, the Government continues to shut out the farmers in finding full resolution and agreement to the counrty and economy forward. In the meantime the world economy at large keeps spinning into turmoil as this internal battle turns a new page – as of last Friday the farmers have renewed their protest as Argentina comes to terms with one of its worse droughts in past 100 years.
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Related post is “Olympic Torch – Food Crisis – Buenos Aires, Argentina“.
Further points of view on Argentina visit The Argentina Post.
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The imaginary in this video gives you an appreciation of the scale of the 128 days of protest and the amount of people who took to the streets and highways.
Disclaimer: This video is included purely for the breadth of original imaginary it has drawn from – I do not agree or disagreed or claim credit for how some of the lead political figures are presented or the artistic editing of sound and imagine used.
I took these photos last summer at La Reserva Ranch, Mones Cazon, Buenos Aires province. Hugo, one of the local Gauchos, is using his amazing horse riding skills to draft (separate out) the cattle inside the corral. Hugo is well known locally for his training of international polo horse’s.
For more information about Gauchos, in English click here or en Espanol click aqui.
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If you wish to use any of these photos that would be great! Please contact me about how and what, thanks!
Gregory Millen ©2008 – all rights reserved.
I’ve had a few news links emailed to me. Reading these together illustrates the current lack of vision by Argentina’s current leadership – internal and foreign policy’s – set against the growing global food crisis and demand in the commodities market. Been one of the riches food reserves in the world, Argentina’s opportunity to start a real sustainability discussion or even capitalise, is not been realised. The lack of transparency in the government has the public concerned for the countries stability. They feel the country could slip into a potential economic melt down. Talk on the street puts inflation at 25% while the government maintains it at 9%.
‘Cristina in the land of make-believe’ – The Economist – (The comments at the end of this article are well worth a read).
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El presidente del organismo consideró urgente que todos los países modifiquen sus políticas de producción
LANACION.com | Exterior | Jueves 8 de mayo de 2008 – Translate here.
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A background on ‘Argentina’s politics’ – The Economist