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'''Moira Ivana Millán''' (born August 1970), is a [[Mapuche]] ''weychafe'' (warrior) and activist from [[Argentina]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/profile/moira-ivana-millan|title=Moira Ivana Millán|last=|first=|date=|website=Frontline Defenders|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref> She is one of the leaders of the indigenous ancestral lands recovery movement -particularly those occupied by the [[Benetton Group]]-<ref>[https://www.telesurtv.net/opinion/Moira-Millan-la-lucha-del-pueblo-mapuche-puede-constituir-el-sedimento-para-armar-un-nuevo-modelo-de-humanidad-20171113-0028.html Moira Millán: la lucha del pueblo mapuche puede constituir el sedimento para armar un nuevo modelo de humanidad] {{LL|es}}</ref>, right recognized by the [[1994 amendment of the Constitution of Argentina]]. She participates in the feminist movement ''[[Ni una menos]]'', denouncing the feminicide of indigenous women<ref>[http://revistaanfibia.com/cronica/con-armas-no/ Con armas no] {{LL|es}}</ref>, and promotes in the "Women's Encounters" the greater visibility of the problem of indigenous women.<ref>[http://agencia.farco.org.ar/noticias/moira-millan-reclamo-que-se-amplie-la-participacion-de-las-mujeres-indigenas-en-el-encuentro-nacional-de-mujeres/ Moira Millán reclamó que se amplíe la participación de las mujeres indígenas en el Encuentro Nacional de Mujeres] {{LL|es}}</ref>
'''Moira Ivana Millán''' (born August 1970), is a [[Mapuche]] activist from [[Argentina]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/profile/moira-ivana-millan|title=Moira Ivana Millán|last=|first=|date=12 February 2019|website=Frontline Defenders|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref> She is one of the leaders of the indigenous ancestral lands recovery movement (particularly those occupied by the [[Benetton Group]]). The recovery rights are recognized by the [[1994 amendment of the Constitution of Argentina]]. She participates in the feminist movement ''[[Ni una menos]]'', denouncing the feminicide of indigenous women,<ref>[http://revistaanfibia.com/cronica/con-armas-no/ Con armas no] {{in lang|es}}</ref> and promotes in the "Women's Encounters" the greater visibility of the problem of indigenous women.<ref>[http://agencia.farco.org.ar/noticias/moira-millan-reclamo-que-se-amplie-la-participacion-de-las-mujeres-indigenas-en-el-encuentro-nacional-de-mujeres/ Moira Millán reclamó que se amplíe la participación de las mujeres indígenas en el Encuentro Nacional de Mujeres] {{in lang|es}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
She was born in [[El Maitén]], province of Chubut, in August 1970.<ref name=":0" /> She grew up in a family of five brothers, belonging to the Mapuche and [[Tehuelche]] nations.<ref name=":0" /> In 1971 her father, Luis Millán,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rionegro.com.ar/documental-la-lucha-mapuche-por-recuperar-su-identidad-FH867362/|title=Documental: la lucha mapuche por recuperar su identidad|date=2016-07-29|website=Diario Río Negro|language=es-ES|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref> railway worker and victim of the acculturation of the Mapuche people, moved with the whole family to Bahía Blanca for work reasons. The Millán family settled in a ''[[villa miseria]]'' inhabited mainly by indigenous people, mostly Mapuches.<ref name=":0" /> Moira suffered racism in [[Bahía Blanca]], both from a society that rejected "the Indians", and from a school that glorified the military as heroes who had defeated the Mapuche nation in the so-called [[Conquest of the Desert]] and enslaved the survivors.<ref name=":0" />
She was born in [[El Maitén]], province of Chubut, in August 1970.<ref name=":0" /> She grew up in a family of five brothers, belonging to the Mapuche and [[Tehuelche people|Tehuelche]] nations.<ref name=":0" /> In 1971 her father, Luis Millán,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rionegro.com.ar/documental-la-lucha-mapuche-por-recuperar-su-identidad-FH867362/|title=Documental: la lucha mapuche por recuperar su identidad|date=2016-07-29|website=Diario Río Negro|language=es-ES|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref> railway worker and victim of the acculturation of the Mapuche people, moved with the whole family to Bahía Blanca for work reasons. The Millán family settled in a ''[[villa miseria]]'' inhabited mainly by indigenous people, mostly Mapuches.<ref name=":0" /> Moira suffered racism in [[Bahía Blanca]], both from a society that rejected "the Indians", and from a school that glorified the military as heroes who had defeated the Mapuche nation in the so-called [[Conquest of the Desert]] and enslaved{{dubious|date=April 2021}} the survivors.<ref name=":0" />


She began working at age twelve as a maid, suffering sexual harassment from her employers.<ref name=":0" /> Shortly after she began to actively spread the evangelical creed, moving to Brazil, where she participated in the [[Basic ecclesial community]] and identified with the [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]] (PT), led by [[Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva]]. At age 18, in 1988, she decided to recover his indigenous roots, returning to the ancestral lands of his father, in the area of ​​[[Ingeniero Jacobacci]], [[Río Negro Province|province of Rio Negro]].
She began working at age twelve as a maid, suffering sexual harassment from her employers.<ref name=":0" /> Shortly after she began to actively spread the evangelical creed, moving to Brazil, where she participated in the [[Basic ecclesial community]] and identified with the [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]] (PT), led by [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]]. At age 18, in 1988, she decided to recover his indigenous roots, returning to the ancestral lands of his father, in the area of [[Ingeniero Jacobacci]], [[Río Negro Province|province of Rio Negro]].{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}


In 1992 she joined the Mapuche-Tehuelche Organization October, which in 1996 denounced the disappearance of the rural worker from Benetton's residence, Eduardo Cañulef, a situation that has multiplied since then. In 1999 Moira and her family settled in an ancestral Mapuche territory of 150 hectares, on the banks of the [[Palena River]], founding the Pïllan Mahuiza community in Chubut. After years of confrontations and threats, the community managed to establish itself. The community opposes the project of building a large dam in that area, which would completely flood its lands.<ref name=":0">[http://www.lapoderosa.org.ar/2017/03/cuando-sino-ahora/ ¿Cuándo, sino ahora?] {{LL|es}}</ref>
In 1992 she joined the Mapuche-Tehuelche Organization October, which in 1996 denounced the disappearance of the rural worker from Benetton's residence, Eduardo Cañulef, a situation that has multiplied since then. In 1999 Moira and her family settled in an ancestral Mapuche territory of 150 hectares, on the banks of the [[Palena River]], founding the Pïllan Mahuiza community in Chubut. After years of confrontations and threats, the community managed to establish itself. The community opposes the project of building a large dam in that area, which would completely flood its lands.<ref name=":0">[http://www.lapoderosa.org.ar/2017/03/cuando-sino-ahora/ ¿Cuándo, sino ahora?] {{in lang|es}}</ref>


She was a co-writer and protagonist of the documentary ''Pupila de mujer, mirada de la tierra'',<ref>[https://www.elpatagonico.com/un-film-guion-moira-millan-cuenta-historias-mujeres-originarias-luchadoras-n675947 Un film con guión de Moira Millán cuenta historias de mujeres originarias luchadoras] {{LL|es}}</ref> which was the winner by Argentina of the third edition of the DocTV Latin America contest.<ref>[https://www.ambito.com/pupila-mujer-mirada-la-tierra-gano-la-tercera-edicion-doctv-n3702053 "Pupila de mujer, mirada de la tierra" ganó la tercera edición de DocTV] {{LL|es}}</ref> The documentary, premiered in 2012 on public television channels in several South American South American,<ref>[https://adkimvn.org/2012/10/31/estrenaran-en-television-publica-continental-el-documental-pupila-de-mujer-mirada-de-la-tierra/ Estrenarán en televisión pública continental el documental “Pupila de Mujer, Mirada de la Tierra”] {{LL|es}}</ref> addresses from a gender perspective the problem of identity and the struggle for the territory of native peoples.<ref>[http://lanan.com.ar/moira-millan-sin-territorio-no-hay-identidad/ moira millán: “sin territorio, no hay identidad”.-] {{LL|es}}</ref>
She was a co-writer and protagonist of the documentary ''Pupila de mujer, mirada de la tierra'',<ref>[https://www.elpatagonico.com/un-film-guion-moira-millan-cuenta-historias-mujeres-originarias-luchadoras-n675947 Un film con guión de Moira Millán cuenta historias de mujeres originarias luchadoras] {{in lang|es}}</ref> which was the winner by Argentina of the third edition of the DocTV Latin America contest.<ref>[https://www.ambito.com/pupila-mujer-mirada-la-tierra-gano-la-tercera-edicion-doctv-n3702053 "Pupila de mujer, mirada de la tierra" ganó la tercera edición de DocTV] {{in lang|es}}</ref> The documentary, premiered in 2012 on public television channels in several South American South American,<ref>[https://adkimvn.org/2012/10/31/estrenaran-en-television-publica-continental-el-documental-pupila-de-mujer-mirada-de-la-tierra/ Estrenarán en televisión pública continental el documental “Pupila de Mujer, Mirada de la Tierra”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214064627/https://adkimvn.org/2012/10/31/estrenaran-en-television-publica-continental-el-documental-pupila-de-mujer-mirada-de-la-tierra/ |date=2018-12-14 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref> addresses from a gender perspective the problem of identity and the struggle for the territory of native peoples.<ref>[http://lanan.com.ar/moira-millan-sin-territorio-no-hay-identidad/ moira millán: “sin territorio, no hay identidad”.-] {{in lang|es}}</ref>


In 2012, she began a series of meetings with women from different communities of native peoples of Argentina,<ref>[http://www.resumenlatinoamericano.org/2018/07/01/lanzamiento-del-movimiento-de-mujeres-indigenas-por-el-buen-vivir/ Argentina: Lanzamiento del Movimiento de Mujeres indígenas por el Buen Vivir / Comunicado de solidaridad con Moira Millan] {{LL|es}}</ref> actions that gave rise to the first March of Native Women for Good Living in 2015, representing 36 native nations.<ref>[http://comunicarigualdad.com.ar/mujeres-caminando-por-el-buen-vivir/ Mujeres caminando por el “buen vivir”] {{LL|es}}</ref> In 2018, This initiative was consolidated with the formation of the Movement of Indigenous Women for Good Living, which defines itself as anti-patriarchal,<ref>[https://www.elanartista.com.ar/2018/04/29/quien-resuena-nombre/ ¿QUIÉN RESUENA EN TU NOMBRE?] {{LL|es}}</ref> of which Moira Millán is coordinator and reference.<ref>[http://www.elindependiente.com.ar/edicionpapel/pagina.php?id=184333 En Argentina hay muchas mujeres indígenas que son asesinadas por las transnacionales] {{LL|es}}</ref>
In 2012, she began a series of meetings with women from different communities of native peoples of Argentina,<ref>[http://www.resumenlatinoamericano.org/2018/07/01/lanzamiento-del-movimiento-de-mujeres-indigenas-por-el-buen-vivir/ Argentina: Lanzamiento del Movimiento de Mujeres indígenas por el Buen Vivir / Comunicado de solidaridad con Moira Millan] {{in lang|es}}</ref> actions that gave rise to the first March of Native Women for Good Living in 2015, representing 36 native nations.<ref>[http://comunicarigualdad.com.ar/mujeres-caminando-por-el-buen-vivir/ Mujeres caminando por el “buen vivir”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124951/http://comunicarigualdad.com.ar/mujeres-caminando-por-el-buen-vivir/ |date=2018-12-09 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref> In 2018, This initiative was consolidated with the formation of the Movement of Indigenous Women for Good Living, which defines itself as anti-patriarchal,<ref>[https://www.elanartista.com.ar/2018/04/29/quien-resuena-nombre/ ¿QUIÉN RESUENA EN TU NOMBRE?] {{in lang|es}}</ref> of which Moira Millán is coordinator and reference.<ref>[http://www.elindependiente.com.ar/edicionpapel/pagina.php?id=184333 En Argentina hay muchas mujeres indígenas que son asesinadas por las transnacionales] {{in lang|es}}</ref>


Moira Millán actively participated in the events developed following the disappearance and death of [[Death of Santiago Maldonado|Santiago Maldonado]] in 2017 and in the mobilizations. In 2018, within the framework of the 33rd National Meeting of Women ,she coordinated a workshop on “Women and self-determination of the peoples”, in which the use of the term “Plurinational” was proposed as a way of explaining the presence and participation of indigenous women.<ref>[http://latfem.org/al-encuentro-la-plurinacionalidad/ Al Encuentro de la plurinacionalidad] {{LL|es}}</ref>
Millán actively participated in the events developed following the disappearance and death of [[Death of Santiago Maldonado|Santiago Maldonado]] in 2017 and in the mobilizations. In 2018, within the framework of the 33rd National Meeting of Women, she coordinated a workshop on “Women and self-determination of the peoples”, in which the use of the term “Plurinational” was proposed as a way of explaining the presence and participation of indigenous women.<ref>[http://latfem.org/al-encuentro-la-plurinacionalidad/ Al Encuentro de la plurinacionalidad] {{in lang|es}}</ref>


She began to report receiving death threats against her and her daughters in 2017, purportedly due to her involvement in the case of the disappearance and murder of Santiago Maldonado.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
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Since 2017, the indigenous leader reported receiving death threats against her and her daughters because of her struggle in the case of the disappearance and murder of Santiago Maldonado.<ref>[https://www.telesurtv.net/news/hija-moira-millan-desaparecida-llanka-mapuche-argentina-20181223-0014.html Confirman que apareció la hija de líder mapuche en Argentina] {{LL|es}}</ref> On 2018 she was charged with "aggravated coertion' by the Federal Prosecutor of [[Esquel, Argentina|Esquel]], after participating in the protests. She was absolved by the Federal Court of Justice of [[Comodoro Rivadavia]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/ongoing-judicial-process-against-mapuche-whrd-moira-millan|title=Moira Millán absolved after unjustifiably long criminalisation process|last=|first=|date=2019-04-13|website=Frontline Defenders|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref>


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In 2018, she was charged with "aggravated coercion" by the Federal Prosecutor of [[Esquel, Argentina|Esquel]], after participating in the protests. She was absolved by the Federal Court of Justice of [[Comodoro Rivadavia]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/ongoing-judicial-process-against-mapuche-whrd-moira-millan|title=Moira Millán absolved after unjustifiably long criminalisation process|last=|first=|date=2019-04-13|website=Frontline Defenders|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref>
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In 2019, Millan published a book, the novel ''El tren del olvido''.<ref>https://www.otravozradio.com.ar/el-tren-del-olvido-el-debut-literario-de-moira-millan</ref>


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In 2019, Millan published a book, the novel ''El tren del olvido''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.otravozradio.com.ar/el-tren-del-olvido-el-debut-literario-de-moira-millan|title="El tren del olvido", el debut literario de Moira Millán|date=2019-07-31|website=www.otravozradio.com.ar|language=es|access-date=2019-08-09}}</ref>
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*[https://www.pagina12.com.ar/67399-moira-millan-la-guerrera MOIRA MILLÁN LA GUERRERA]
== Boaventura de Sousa Santos' sexual assault ==
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Moira Ivana Millán told an Argentinean radio program about an episode of [[harassment]] to which she was subjected in [[Coimbra|Coimbra, Portugal]], in 2010, by the prominent Portuguese sociologist and [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=null |title=Assédio e lacração: o caso Boaventura de Sousa Santos |url=https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/vozes/luciano-trigo/assedio-e-lacracao-o-caso-boaventura-de-sousa-santos/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Gazeta do Povo |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Esquerda. Liderança do BE debaixo de fogo. Livre quer união de esforços |url=https://www.dn.pt/politica/esquerda-lideranca-do-be-debaixo-de-fogo-livre-quer-uniao-de-esforcos-14550410.html |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=www.dn.pt |language=pt-PT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bobone |first=Carlos Maria |title=Os pensadores da Nova Esquerda: Boaventura de Sousa Santos |url=https://observador.pt/especiais/os-pensadores-da-nova-esquerda-boaventura-de-sousa-santos/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT}}</ref> intellectual [[Boaventura de Sousa Santos]], accusing him of conducts of moral and sexual harassment. In June 2022, during a meeting of indigenous women in Mexico, she also spoke about Boaventura de Sousa Santos' unconsummated attempt to have a nonconsensual sexual relation with her.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Bebeu e se jogou em mim': ativista argentina relata assédio de Boaventura |url=https://www.bol.uol.com.br/entretenimento/2023/04/12/bebeu-e-se-jogou-em-mim-ativista-argentina-relata-assedio-de-boaventura.htm |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=www.bol.uol.com.br |language=pt-br}}</ref> Moira Ivana Millán said she was advised not to talk about it so as not to appear to be playing "the [[Right-wing politics|right's]] game".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ferreira |first=Beatriz |title=Ativista argentina Moira Millán já tinha denunciado episódio de assédio de Boaventura de Sousa Santos |url=https://observador.pt/2023/04/13/ativista-argentina-moira-millan-ja-tinha-denunciado-episodio-de-assedio-de-boaventura-de-sousa-santos/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Observador |language=pt-PT}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 22:07, 21 September 2024

Moira Millán
In December 2018
Born
Moira Ivana Millán

August 1970
El Maitén, Chubut Province, Argentina
OccupationActivist
ParentLuis Millán[1]

Moira Ivana Millán (born August 1970), is a Mapuche activist from Argentina.[2] She is one of the leaders of the indigenous ancestral lands recovery movement (particularly those occupied by the Benetton Group). The recovery rights are recognized by the 1994 amendment of the Constitution of Argentina. She participates in the feminist movement Ni una menos, denouncing the feminicide of indigenous women,[3] and promotes in the "Women's Encounters" the greater visibility of the problem of indigenous women.[4]

Biography

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She was born in El Maitén, province of Chubut, in August 1970.[5] She grew up in a family of five brothers, belonging to the Mapuche and Tehuelche nations.[5] In 1971 her father, Luis Millán,[6] railway worker and victim of the acculturation of the Mapuche people, moved with the whole family to Bahía Blanca for work reasons. The Millán family settled in a villa miseria inhabited mainly by indigenous people, mostly Mapuches.[5] Moira suffered racism in Bahía Blanca, both from a society that rejected "the Indians", and from a school that glorified the military as heroes who had defeated the Mapuche nation in the so-called Conquest of the Desert and enslaved[dubious – discuss] the survivors.[5]

She began working at age twelve as a maid, suffering sexual harassment from her employers.[5] Shortly after she began to actively spread the evangelical creed, moving to Brazil, where she participated in the Basic ecclesial community and identified with the Workers' Party (PT), led by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. At age 18, in 1988, she decided to recover his indigenous roots, returning to the ancestral lands of his father, in the area of Ingeniero Jacobacci, province of Rio Negro.[citation needed]

In 1992 she joined the Mapuche-Tehuelche Organization October, which in 1996 denounced the disappearance of the rural worker from Benetton's residence, Eduardo Cañulef, a situation that has multiplied since then. In 1999 Moira and her family settled in an ancestral Mapuche territory of 150 hectares, on the banks of the Palena River, founding the Pïllan Mahuiza community in Chubut. After years of confrontations and threats, the community managed to establish itself. The community opposes the project of building a large dam in that area, which would completely flood its lands.[5]

She was a co-writer and protagonist of the documentary Pupila de mujer, mirada de la tierra,[7] which was the winner by Argentina of the third edition of the DocTV Latin America contest.[8] The documentary, premiered in 2012 on public television channels in several South American South American,[9] addresses from a gender perspective the problem of identity and the struggle for the territory of native peoples.[10]

In 2012, she began a series of meetings with women from different communities of native peoples of Argentina,[11] actions that gave rise to the first March of Native Women for Good Living in 2015, representing 36 native nations.[12] In 2018, This initiative was consolidated with the formation of the Movement of Indigenous Women for Good Living, which defines itself as anti-patriarchal,[13] of which Moira Millán is coordinator and reference.[14]

Millán actively participated in the events developed following the disappearance and death of Santiago Maldonado in 2017 and in the mobilizations. In 2018, within the framework of the 33rd National Meeting of Women, she coordinated a workshop on “Women and self-determination of the peoples”, in which the use of the term “Plurinational” was proposed as a way of explaining the presence and participation of indigenous women.[15]

She began to report receiving death threats against her and her daughters in 2017, purportedly due to her involvement in the case of the disappearance and murder of Santiago Maldonado.[citation needed]

In 2018, she was charged with "aggravated coercion" by the Federal Prosecutor of Esquel, after participating in the protests. She was absolved by the Federal Court of Justice of Comodoro Rivadavia in 2019.[16]

In 2019, Millan published a book, the novel El tren del olvido.[17]

Boaventura de Sousa Santos' sexual assault

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Main article: Boaventura de Sousa Santos

Moira Ivana Millán told an Argentinean radio program about an episode of harassment to which she was subjected in Coimbra, Portugal, in 2010, by the prominent Portuguese sociologist and left-wing[18][19][20] intellectual Boaventura de Sousa Santos, accusing him of conducts of moral and sexual harassment. In June 2022, during a meeting of indigenous women in Mexico, she also spoke about Boaventura de Sousa Santos' unconsummated attempt to have a nonconsensual sexual relation with her.[21] Moira Ivana Millán said she was advised not to talk about it so as not to appear to be playing "the right's game".[22]

References

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  1. ^ Documental: la lucha mapuche por recuperar su identidad (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "Moira Ivana Millán". Frontline Defenders. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  3. ^ Con armas no (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Moira Millán reclamó que se amplíe la participación de las mujeres indígenas en el Encuentro Nacional de Mujeres (in Spanish)
  5. ^ a b c d e f ¿Cuándo, sino ahora? (in Spanish)
  6. ^ "Documental: la lucha mapuche por recuperar su identidad". Diario Río Negro (in European Spanish). 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  7. ^ Un film con guión de Moira Millán cuenta historias de mujeres originarias luchadoras (in Spanish)
  8. ^ "Pupila de mujer, mirada de la tierra" ganó la tercera edición de DocTV (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Estrenarán en televisión pública continental el documental “Pupila de Mujer, Mirada de la Tierra” Archived 2018-12-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  10. ^ moira millán: “sin territorio, no hay identidad”.- (in Spanish)
  11. ^ Argentina: Lanzamiento del Movimiento de Mujeres indígenas por el Buen Vivir / Comunicado de solidaridad con Moira Millan (in Spanish)
  12. ^ Mujeres caminando por el “buen vivir” Archived 2018-12-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  13. ^ ¿QUIÉN RESUENA EN TU NOMBRE? (in Spanish)
  14. ^ En Argentina hay muchas mujeres indígenas que son asesinadas por las transnacionales (in Spanish)
  15. ^ Al Encuentro de la plurinacionalidad (in Spanish)
  16. ^ "Moira Millán absolved after unjustifiably long criminalisation process". Frontline Defenders. 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  17. ^ ""El tren del olvido", el debut literario de Moira Millán". www.otravozradio.com.ar (in Spanish). 2019-07-31. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  18. ^ null. "Assédio e lacração: o caso Boaventura de Sousa Santos". Gazeta do Povo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  19. ^ "Esquerda. Liderança do BE debaixo de fogo. Livre quer união de esforços". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  20. ^ Bobone, Carlos Maria. "Os pensadores da Nova Esquerda: Boaventura de Sousa Santos". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  21. ^ "'Bebeu e se jogou em mim': ativista argentina relata assédio de Boaventura". www.bol.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  22. ^ Ferreira, Beatriz. "Ativista argentina Moira Millán já tinha denunciado episódio de assédio de Boaventura de Sousa Santos". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-04-13.
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