2010-01-26 Penal claim filed against top officials for violating indigenous rights. Bariloche 2000.

It seems that Argentinian police and elite members of the security forces violently repressed Mapuche indigenous people within their traditional land, which, if it was true, would show that the government supports its illegal occupation.

Raúl Montenegro announced that his organisation FUNAM was planning a penal claim against the governor, members of his cabinet and top officials of the police.

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2009-12-28 FUNAM takes legal action against Rallye Dakar. Article in Le Monde, France.

Raul Montenegro and his organisation FUNAM have taken legal action against the Rallye Dakar in Cordoba region because of its devastating environmental impact.

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In an email to the RLA Foundation, Montenegro said: "We had dozens of strong fights this year and strong successes but none of them was as covered as the fight against the Rallye. It's a mirror of our consumption society."

2009-07-22 Mining Funds Pose Ethical Conflict for Universities. IPS

Raul Montenegro has warned about the funding practices of public universities: Over the past two years, a mining consortium with a dubious environmental record has funded public universities in Argentina.

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2009-06-22 South America: Anti-Nuclear Activists to Form Common Front. IPS.

After an increase of lobbying activity in Chile on behalf of nuclear energy, environmental organisations in South America plan to rebuild the anti-nuclear movement in the region.

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2009-05-17 Supreme Court is analyzing illegality of Australian nuclear waste import. Funam, Argentina.

The Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina is considering the illegality of exhausted nuclear fuel import from Australian OPAL's reactor.

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2008-11-16 Environmentalists decry Argentina presidential vote of bill that halted $2,4 billion mine with Chile. Latin American Herald Tribune.

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez decided to veto a glacier-protection bill that would have restricted mining and oil drilling.

Raul Montenegro is among various environmental groups that are dissappointed with the president's decision, who "has made it clear that she doesn't care about the people whose water supply comes from (glacier-fed) water basins (...)."

Fernandez had said in her decree that signing the bill would "give environmental considerations preeminence" over economic activities.

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