On February 6, a group of militants belonging to the Interactive Foundation to Promote the Culture of Water (FIPCA) they marched towards him hidden lakeclaiming the public use of that place, and denounced that they were attacked by 50 armed people who respond to the English millionaire joe lewis, who bought the land in 1996. The delegation tried to reach the water mirror by a path of easement according to what the legislation allows. The members of the “Column Güemes” of FIPCA They were intercepted by Lewis’s security guards who prevented their passage and ordered them to leave the area, according to what was later reported by the Nation’s Human Rights Secretariat. The same secretariat said it had received dozens of complaints against the members of the tycoon’s guard and asked the authorities of Black river to guarantee the safety of the demonstrators.
The spine Güemes from FIPCA was made up of some characters linked to Kirchnerism: the health doctor Jorge Rachid, adviser to Governor Axel Kicillof; by the former Montoneros militant Julio Cesar Urien; by the leader of ATE and the CTA Alejandro “Vikingo” Meyer, and by Facundo Odarda, a legislator from Rio Negro and son of the president of the National Institute of Indigenous Affairs, Magdalena Odarda. After the clash between the two groups, the lawyer Sergio Cuevas, who was also part of the mission, requested a habeas corpus for his companions, without success. The group also had the support of “Solidarity Lawyers” who denounced Lewis for “illegal deprivation of liberty, sedition and piracy” and managed to get the helicopter to rescue Rachid from the mountain. “Lawyers…” In addition, a few days ago he promoted the march against the Supreme Court and is led by former judge Daniel Llermanos, Pablo Moyano’s lawyer and the journalist’s partner. Rosario Lufrano; current President of Radio and Television Argentina State Society.
Some of the members of the contingent known for their militancy and “promotion actions” were: Jorge Rachid: Surgeon and health specialist. Advisor to Governor Axel Kicillof in the area of Health and professor at UNLZ; president of the Artiguista Institute and member of the PATRIA Institute in the area of Health.
Rachid is known for his strong statements, he is not a lukewarm taker. In October of last year, regarding the Argentine Society of Pediatrics he said: “They are gorillas, we have to send them to hell”; and he called them “enemies” when they asked for more information about vaccinating children.
Months earlier, asked about the lack of the Pfizer vaccine as an option in Argentinian, Rachel He assured that the pharmaceutical company asked for natural resources: “When we approved the vaccine law, we even accepted lawsuits abroad, but we opposed having seized assets in Argentina. They then asked for a new law with attachable assets, which included oil, glaciers, bonds and pin pun pan”, he declared.
Julius Caesar Urien, for his part, is president of FIPCA and one of the spokespersons for the mobilizations that take place every year at Lago Escondido. He was not part of the march, but he organized it. He was a member of the Navy and also of Montoneros. He studied with Alfredo Astiz, with whom he shared rugby and friendship. Urien then joined the military uprising in the Navy Mechanics School (ESMA) against President Alejandro Lanusse, in which they fought for the return of General Juan Domingo Perón. These actions earned him years in prison and his departure from the Navy. In 2006, he was honored by President Néstor Kirchner, who restored him to the force as a retired lieutenant. Kirchner also put him in charge of Astilleros Río Santiago and Urien took care of the restoration of the Fragata Libertad.
Alejandro “Vikingo” Meyer is a Sanmartinian captain of the FIPCA Foundation, and leader of the CTA. According to their own definition, they are “a group of restless people who are dedicated to military sovereignty, instructing popular sectors on the defense of rivers, lakes and seas.” Meyer is dedicated to giving talks and instruction on the use of kayaks and survival items for the lower-income sectors and gives training on citizen rights and obligations in pursuit of the defense of sovereignty. The rank of Sanmartinian captain seems to correspond to the internal organization of the group.
Facundo Montecino Odarda He is a legislator from Río Negro for the Front for Victory. He is a member of the commissions of the Malvinas Observatory, Fisheries and Development of the Atlantic Zone, Water Resources and Human Rights. He is a staunch defender of water, like all the members of FIPCA, and of the defense of indigenous peoples, like his mother Magdalena Odarda, who is the president of the National Institute of Indigenous Affairs.
The Foundation’s financing method, according to what is stated on its website, corresponds to voluntary contributions from its members and adherents.
