plurinational day in defense of water and childhood

This Thursday, February 26, while the Senate prepares to discuss the modification of the Glacier Law, social, environmental, union and human rights organizations are calling for a festival and mobilization in front of the Argentine National Congress from 16 hours. The day is part of a plurinational action that will have replicas in more than 30 locations throughout the country.

The call, promoted by the Plurinational Campaign “The Glacier Law is not touched” and the Children and Adolescents Articulation Tablecalls for unifying the fights, also denouncing the lowering of the age of punishment and criminalization of youth, which will finally be discussed on Friday the 27th.

The morning started with police violence, police officers arrested activists from Greenpeacewho performed a peaceful performance at Congress and then They attacked the press. There was pushing, intimidation and a strong operation, in line with the government’s policy of criminalizing protests, which ended with journalists being injured. The cameraman Facundo Tedeschini of the América group had to be attended to by SAME.

A festival against adjustment and surrender

The main activity will begin at 16 with a space for childhood and gamesand from the 17 will develop a festival with the participation of Marina Fages, Sol Bassa, Jazmín Esquivel and Santiago Adano, interspersed with interventions from the convening organizations.

The axis is to reject the three initiatives that the ruling party seeks to advance in record time and with express treatment. On the one hand, the modification of the Glacier Lawwhich would open the door to mining projects in periglacial areas, contaminating strategic freshwater reserves. On the other hand, the decrease in age of punishmentquestioned by human rights organizations and children’s spaces. And finally, the labor reform which will be discussed on Friday the 27th, a structural attack on conquered rights, which goes back 100 years in labor matters.

Glaciers in the sights of mining companies

For years now, transnational companies press to make more flexible legislation that limits extractive activity in sensitive areas. The Glacier Law was the result of a long social struggle and establishes minimum budgets for the protection of these water sources. Its modification would imply an environmental setback of enormous magnitude.

In a country plagued by fires, droughts and increasingly frequent floods, socio-environmental organizations warn that advancing on the glaciers is deepening a extractivist model that compromises the present and the future. “Water is worth more than gold” is heard again as a slogan.

However, there is a extractivist consensus of the entire political regime and the votes to approve the modification would come from all political blocks, including “justicialist” Peronism and up to two votes from senators of Union for the Homeland: Lucia Corpacci of Catamarca and Sergio Uñac of San Juan.

The modification of the Glacier Law does not come without Peronist votes because sectors of the PRO and UCR are going to reject
Who is willing to give the votes?
– Moisés (Jujuy) was given the vice presidency of the Senate
– Arce and Rojas Decut (Misiones)
– Royón (Salta) has already voted for labor reform👇

— Lihuen (@ecozurda_) February 25, 2026

Children in danger, not dangerous

The event also denounces the intention to lower the age of punishment. The Children and Adolescents Articulation Board maintains that the measure does not solve the structural problems that affect young people in contexts of povertybut it aggravates their criminalization.

In parallel, the government maintains cuts in health, education and social policieswhile toughening his punitive speech. For the convening organizations, this is a comprehensive advance against social and environmental rights.

Mobilization throughout the country

The plurinational action includes concentrations and mobilizations in provinces such as Mendoza, Río Negro, Córdoba, Neuquén, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego, Jujuy and Tucumánamong many others.

On Friday the 27th, they also call to mobilize again against the labor reform.

“In the face of so much abuse, we respond with the broadest unity,” they said in the statement. In a scenario where the Senate could give half-sanction to regressive changes, the organizations are betting on mobilization in the streets to stop what they define as a delivery of common goods and an attack on the working majorities.

All actions

BUENOS AIRES:

📍Mar del Plata, Av. Luro and Mitre, 6 p.m.

📍Villa Gesell, sticker (central area), 10 am.

CABA:

📍Congress, from 4 p.m.

CATAMARCA:

📍Andalgalá, Plaza 9 de Julio, 11 a.m.

📍Catamarca, Plaza 25 de Mayo, 6 p.m.

CHUBUT:

📍Comodoro Rivadavia, Deliberative Council, from 11 a.m.

📍Esquel, May 25 and Rivadavia, 4 p.m.

CÓRDOBA:

📍Córdoba Capital, former Plaza Vélez Sarsfield, 6 p.m.

📍Río Cuarto, Deliberative Council, 10:45 a.m.

BETWEEN RIVERS:

📍Concordia, Plaza 25 de Mayo, 11 a.m.

📍 Paraná, Plaza de Mayo (on the pedestrian street), 6 p.m.

JUJUY:

📍San Salvador de Jujuy, Puente Levalle at 11 a.m./Peatonal Belgrano at 6 p.m.

THE PAMPA:

📍 Santa Rosa, Plaza San Martín, 8 p.m.

MENDOZA:

📍Mendoza, Plaza Independencia, from 11 a.m.

MISSIONS:

📍Posadas, Plaza 9 de Julio, 6 p.m.

NEUQUÉN:

📍Chos Malal, Museum Stairs, 6:30 p.m.

📍Neuquén, Av. Olascoaga and Sarmiento, 6 p.m.

BLACK RIVER:

📍Allen, Plaza San Martín, 6 p.m.

📍Bariloche, Plaza de los Pañuelos and Los Kultrunes, 6 p.m.

📍Comarca-Viedma-Patagones-El Cóndor, Fuente El Pucará, 6 p.m.

SALTA:

📍Salta Capital, in front of the Legislature, 5 p.m.

SAINT JOHN:

📍San Juan, Plaza 25 de Mayo, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (vigil and flyer)/6 p.m. (mobilization)

HOLY CROSS:

📍Caleta Olivia, Concentration in Gorosito, 5 p.m.

📍El Calafate, Plaza Perito Moreno, 17:30. Mobilization at 7 p.m.

📍Río Gallegos, Av. San Martín and Kirchner, 6 p.m.

SANTA FAITH:

📍Rosario, Plaza 25 de Mayo, 5 p.m.

LAND OF FIRE:

📍Río Grande, Plaza Almirante Brown, 4:30 p.m.

📍Tolhuin, Entrance sign to the city, 4:30 p.m.

📍Ushuaia, St. Martin and Fadul, 4:30 p.m.

TUCUMAN:

📍San Miguel de Tucumán, Plaza Independencia, 10 am.