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Tragic Patagonia

In less than three months, two people have been killed by Argentine security forces during Mapuche protests in Patagonia. Here are the keys to understand the conflict. Español

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When adults are repressed, it is inevitable that children witness situations of violence. In the image, parents and children show rudimentary and toy weapons. Cushamen. Photo: Pablo Linietsky. All rights reserved

This article is the result of a collaborative work between Late magazine and Arena Documenta, in partnership with Democracia Abierta.

Argentines tend to make reality adjust to the cracks in society – that is, to the established dichotomies: “Unitarian/federal”, “Peronism/anti-Peronism”, “dictatorship/democracy”, “Kirchnerism/anti-Kirchnerism” – much as the cracks adapt to the Argentines.