It is necessary to ask how aware the current Senator is of who owns Patagonia, which is almost always on fire during the first months of the year, and why they keep their speculations about the change in land use almost as a state secret.
Benetton Group (Italy): with 900,000 hectares in Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut and Santa Cruz, used for sheep production and with a serious history of conflicts with indigenous communities.
Menéndez-Braun family (Argentina): with 750,000 hectares in Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego. Owners of the La Anónima supermarket chain and influential in commercial, financial and political sectors.
Joe Lewis (United Kingdom): with 38,000 hectares in Río Negro. Controls Lago Escondido and its private hydroelectric power station, which does not contribute energy to the national grid.
Bulgheroni Group (Argentina): with 27,000 hectares in Río Negro, the group has strong links to the oil industry.
Arab and Qatari capital: with more than 21,000 hectares in Río Negro and Chubut, various companies have investments in luxury tourism and access to water sources for future hydroelectric projects.
Mekorot (Israel): state-owned water company that has signed agreements with Chubut and Santa Cruz for water resource management. Internationally denounced for its role in water apartheid against Palestine, its arrival in Patagonia raises concerns about access to and control of water in the region.
Grupo Roemmers (Argentina): acquired extensive properties in the El Foyel area of Río Negro, with strategic water reserves.
full article: https://enfantterrible.com.ar/ambientalismo/vivir-en-el-sur-fuego-especulacion-y-brigadas-autoconvocadas/ -Chora, Agustina. Vivir en el sur: sobrevivir al fuego y a la especulación inmobiliaria. Enfant Terrible, Córdoba, Argentina, 2026.
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