Festival Belluard Bollwerk International

Since the crisis of 2001 in Argentina, public finances have been restored and a new political class has launched an important swing to the left, in parallel to similar developments across Latin America. How has this shift been accomplished, and at what cost? Brian Holmes will deliver a richly illustrated lecture about the project Continental Drift through the Pampa, an encounter with Argentine artists, poets and activists, but also a voyage to the toxic empire of genetically modified soy production.