Social organizations / Defending the Renaico river

by Nicolás Fuentes

The defense of the Renaico River has taken place on multiple fronts. In Renaico, the Save the Renaico River Social Collective, along with other local organizations, fought against the construction of the Agua Viva hydroelectric dam project between 2016 and 2019 (1).

The protests by social organizations, neighborhood groups, unions, and Mapuche communities in the towns of Collipulli, Mulchén, Angol, and Renaico also led to the foundation of the Movement for the Defense of the Renaico River in 2019. This happened shortly before the social upheaval that began on October 18 of that year throughout Chile.

(1) For more information about this project, see “Threats to the Renaico River.”