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Chilecito: A Valley In The Andes That Defeated Mega-Mining And Embraced Sustainable Cannabis
By Nicolas Jose Rodriguez and Rolando Garcia. In the early 2000s, the people in Argentina's Chilecito Valley became a symbol of environmental resistance with their rally cry of "Agua sí, oro no" (Water yes, gold no). The area's residents …