Argentina protesters rally against glacier law weakening water protections (opens in new tab)

Protesters have gathered outside Argentina's Congress as lawmakers prepare to vote on controversial changes to a 2010 law that currently bans economic activity in glacier and periglacier areas\. President Javier Milei is pushing for revisions to permit mining of copper, lithium and other minerals in previously protected zones, with provincial governments empowered to decide which periglacier areas remain safeguarded\. Environmentalists warn that exploiting these areas, which supply water to s...