Argentina: Campaign grows for Santiago Maldonados reappearance with life
FEDERICO FUENTES
Friday, September 8, 2017
More than 100,000 people filled the Plaza de Mayo in the country’s capital, Buenos Aires, on September 1 to demand the reappearance with life of indigenous rights activist Santiago Maldonado. The rally was held to mark a month since 28-year-old Maldonado was last seen.
Maldonado had been participating in a protest with a group of indigenous Mapuche people on August 1 in Chubut province, in Argentina’s iconic Patagonia region. The protest was repressed by Border Force officers, who witnesses allege were seen dragging Maldonado into a van.
Meanwhile, the campaign for Maldonado’s reappearance with life is growing internationally.
As part of this campaign, a public statement has been circulated signed by numerous academics, politicians and social activists from around the world.
More:
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/argentina-campaign-grows-santiago-maldonado-reappearance-life