Protests Erupt in Argentina Over Plan for Offshore Oil Drilling

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By Nick CunninghamFeb 1, 2022, 8:27 pm130 pts
On January 4, thousands of people took to the streets of Mar del Plata, a coastal city roughly 250 miles south of Buenos Aires, Argentina. They were there to protest the plans by Norwegian oil company Equinor to begin offshore oil exploration later this year. They held signs that read “the sea is ours!”…

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