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.
Here’s one image from today’s Olympic torch relay through the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina. I walked and ran along with the torch for about 8km – long afternoon – will post a selection of images over the week.
Gregory Millen ©2008 – all rights reserved.
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The official Olympic Torch Relay website, click here.
The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, click here.
The official website of the Olympic Movement, click here.
11.50 am – For recent update on the program of events and protest movements, visit the La Nacion – translate here.
Ante la ausencia de Diego Maradona, el windsurfista Carlos Espínola será el primero en transportar la llama; fuerte operativo de seguridad
LANACION.com | Información general | Viernes 11 de abril de 2008
I’ve been following the TV news on CNN, BBC World and the local channels also via the web with interest. Tomorrow the Olympic torch relay makes its dash through the streets of Buenos Aires.
After the “shambles” yesterday in San Francisco I’ve spent a good couple of hours today on Google plus some local sites trying to find out what’s going on here tomorrow. Google search results are clogged up with the news from San Francisco and it doesn’t help that I’m a native English speaker/reader when searching for stuff written in Latin America Spanish.
But here’s some results / snippets I thought would of interest:
The planned route – “Each one will take to the symbol about 180 meters throughout 13 kilometers by Port Log, Seat of May, the Obelisco, 9 of Julio, Avenue of Libertador and Figueroa Alcorta, passing by the Forests of Palermo, until the Equestrian Club.” The route itself is certainly a good one taking in some of the best and interesting spots in Buenos Aires.
Again policing appears of be heavy – “…Friday will count on 1500 cash of the Prefecture in the Port section and of 1200 men of the Federal Police for the rest of the route, in addition about 3000 volunteers who will help to control the transit during the passage of Antorcha.”
Both quotes are from the official Buenos Aires (city) Government site for the torch reply. (Translated via AltaVista – Babel Fish Translation) – for the full article including route locations and times, click here.
For further info including a download pdf map of the route, click here.
As the Olympic torch relay continues its way around the world the protests are broadening beyond the ‘Free Tibet’ movement into a wider cristism of China’s internal and foreign policy’s.
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