Argentina

Workers at a PepsiCo factory in Argentina have occupied the plant following its closure on June 20, which left 600 workers without a job.

The company claims the closure is due to an “economic crisis”, despite making millions of dollar in profits last year. However workers at the factory, which is located in Vicente Lopez, in Greater Buenos Aires Province, see the move as part of a broader anti-worker offensive by bosses and the pro-corporate government of President Mauricio Macri.

Professional football players are the latest sector to hold strikes in Argentina amid a struggling economy and harsh austerity measures imposed by right-wing President Mauricio Macri. 

A four-year campaign by local residents has forced agrochemical giant Monsanto to abandon its plans to build one of the world's largest transgenic seed factories in the province of Cordoba, Argentina. The campaign included protests, concerts, blockades and a campsite that had been maintained since 2013. Local activist Vanesa Sarton said of their struggle: "[It] has become an icon of resistance. It demonstrates that people can organize, and even though it had appeared that everything was ready, closed and sealed, these decisions can be overcome. If the people organise, it can happen.”

Latinos for Democracy WA have teamed with CINE VIVO Independent Latino Film Festival to dedicate an afternoon to Chilean culture and reflect and discuss the current social uprising in Chile.

2pm - 4:45pm

We invite you to join us for live music, Chilean dance performances and to hear our guest speakers.

Live music
- Son Tres
- Nicolas Bahamonde & Co
- Ramon Cornejo

Folkloric Dance Performances
- Raizes Latina
- Fantasia Latina

Plus guest speakers.

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