'Every drop of water counts': Fear for the future of Argentina's glaciers

"Every drop of water counts."

— Virginia de Valle , Activist

"It made clear that it's not just environmental organisations who were asking for this law not to be amended; it was the people, the public, who were asking for water to continue to be protected."

— Agostina Rossi Serra , Activist

"Argentina doesn't export even a single gram of copper, while Chile, which shares the same mountain range with us, exports $20bn a year."

— Javier Milei , Politician

"a significant improvement that will help strike a balance between environmental protection and economic development."

— Javier Milei , Politician

"The science is clear … there is absolutely no possibility of creating what they [the government] call a ‘sustainable mine’ in a periglacial environment."

— Flavia Broffoni , Activist

"Environmentalists would rather see us starve than have anything touched."

— Javier Milei , Politician

"The science is clear … there is absolutely no possibility of creating what they call a ‘sustainable mine’ in a periglacial environment."

— Flavia Broffoni , Activist

"a significant improvement that will help strike a balance between environmental protection and economic development, moving away from an approach that tended to stifle investment, job creation and growth."

— Javier Milei , Politician

"absolute prohibitions without room for exceptions or environmental impact studies."

— Luis Lucero , Executive