A look at some acts of violence and silenced repressions: evictions in Argentina

Abstract

During, at least, the last two years the combined struggles aimed to elaborate and impose some policies of emotions in Argentina relied in the phrase "this government does not perform repressions" one of his more accepted and widespread discursive threads.

Beyond any "evaluation" on the national administration, over the last nine years there have been a series of repressive acts linked to the figure of eviction.

The eviction is an act of restitution of a previous order by taking out or pulling from one place a person or group of persons who are unable to prove ownership, possession and / or an usufruct over a land, territory, housing or "activity space”.

This paper intend to show the various modes of acts of violence and forms of repression that can be observed in Argentina, using youtube videos about several acts of evictions, looking to make evident the constant pressure and repression that have existed against the indigenous peoples, youth, women and homeless people.

Key words: eviction, violence, repressions, bodies, Argentina