Las acciones en defensa de la tierra en Santiago del Estero (1990-2012). El caso del MOCASE

The rural population of Santiago del Estero, Argentina, lives mostly on public land. Especially in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the land became coveted for growing soybeans. This generated flashpoints between capitalists interested in them and the rural population lived there. The aim of this article is to examine the forms assumed by the struggle for land in Santiago del Estero in the period 1990-2012. To accomplish this goal, I have made an array of original database where the following variables were considered: type of action, convening organizations, participating organizations, reasons why those actions were carried out and places in which they were developed. There have been 157 shares (mainly direct) that are held primarily to defend the land or complain about the dropping of detainees. MOCASE-Via Campesina is the one that has carried out the largest number of shares.