Argentina’s pioneering glacier law on the line as Milei bets on copper rush

President Javier Milei wants Congress to relax groundbreaking glacier protection legislation to boost mining, but opponents say the environmental risks are too great
A drone view of protestors standing in the middle of a road which the glaciers in the background
People protesting against a copper mining project in Mendoza, Argentina (Photo: REUTERS/Ramiro Gomez)

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