Argentina: thousands of people mobilized for the global climate strike
The global climate strike initiated by Greta Thunberg brought together several thousand people in Buenos Aires on Friday, September 24.
REUTERS - AGUSTIN MARCARIAN
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Hundreds of thousands of people rallied around the world yesterday for the global climate strike, launched by
Greta Thunberg's
“
Fridays for Future
” movement
.
Gatherings were held in nearly 80 countries, including Argentina, where several thousand people demonstrated.
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With our correspondent in Buenos Aires
,
Théo Conscience
"
There is no planet B
", could read on the placards of many demonstrators gathered in front of Congress in Buenos Aires Friday, September 24.
It was this sense of urgency, of last chance, that drove 19-year-old Sofía to come and demonstrate.
“
I came
,” she explains, “
because I think that if we don't win this battle, all the others will no longer make sense
.
"
Lots of students, high school students
In the procession, many students, high school students, and even children.
Lucía and Leo came with their son Antonio, barely a year old, because, according to them, he will be the first to be affected by the increase in natural disasters.
“
We can take a lot of examples: the Rio Paraná is drying up, there are earthquakes in Neuquen because of hydraulic fracturing…
, explains Leo.
So we came with Antonio because it is important that he is there.
"
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Sebastián regrets that the environmental issue is not a priority for Argentine political parties.
"
We are going through a very important economic crisis," he
analyzes.
This generates a false debate between ecology and economy.
"
A little over a month before
the opening of the COP26 in Glasgow,
Sebastián hopes without really believing that this march will push the government to make concrete commitments in the fight against climate change.
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