{"id":60141350,"date":"2026-07-13T16:32:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/?post_type=photo_story&#038;p=60141350"},"modified":"2026-07-13T16:33:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:33:05","slug":"on-the-banks-of-the-parana-river-a-fishing-community-struggles-to-stay","status":"publish","type":"photo_story","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/justice\/on-the-banks-of-the-parana-river-a-fishing-community-struggles-to-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"On the banks of the Paran\u00e1 River, a fishing community struggles to stay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Remanso Valerio in Argentina clings to the shores of the Paran\u00e1 River, where the waterway cuts through clay ravines. From this small neighbourhood on the river\u2019s banks, the Paran\u00e1 unfolds into the distance, brown and vast, specked by islands that seem to go on forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remanso Valerio is in Rosario, Sante Fe province. In recent decades, this city has become a major agricultural export hub thanks to the river that runs along its eastern edge. Approximately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.argentina.gob.ar\/administracion-general-de-puertos\/via-navegable-troncal\">80%<\/a> of Argentina\u2019s foreign trade, including much of the soy and corn that supplies global markets, sails down the Paran\u00e1 aboard mighty cargo ships towards the Atlantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the shadow of these ships, the Remanso Valerio neighbourhood coexists on the banks of the waterway. One of Argentina\u2019s few urban artisanal fishing communities, Remanso Valerio \u2013 also known locally as El Remanso \u2013 has had to adapt its daily rhythms to the vessels and their wake. Now, plans to dredge the river, and to build a large-scale residential development on its banks, threaten to transform the landscape. The plans would disrupt a way of life that has endured for generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first families arrived around 80 years ago, moored their boats and never left. The Santa Fe singer Jorge Fandermole called them \u201cearnest country folk\u201d in his famous hit, Oraci\u00f3n del Remanso. Such is the significance of this community\u2019s relationship with its territory that it was the subject of a recent social sciences <a href=\"https:\/\/scielo.senescyt.gob.ec\/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1390-12492023000100035\">study<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, it is home to some <a href=\"https:\/\/agenciatierraviva.com.ar\/pescadores-artesanales-del-rio-parana-cuidan-y-defienden-el-historico-remanso-valerio\/\">350<\/a> families. Their self-constructed homes climb the ravines, linked by dirt paths that wind through the uneven terrain. Fishing nets are laid out in the sun next to the boats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--article\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_aerial-industrial-complex-Parana-River-north-of-Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_aerial-industrial-complex-Parana-River-north-of-Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_aerial-industrial-complex-Parana-River-north-of-Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_aerial-industrial-complex-Parana-River-north-of-Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_aerial-industrial-complex-Parana-River-north-of-Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_aerial-industrial-complex-Parana-River-north-of-Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"Aerial view of industrial complex by a river at sunset\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Cargo ships on the Paran\u00e1 River pass industrial sites, a few kilometres north of the city of Rosario, Santa Fe. Approximately 80% of Argentina\u2019s foreign trade flows through this waterway (Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/sebastianlopezbrach.visura.co\/\">Sebasti\u00e1n L\u00f3pez Brach<\/a> \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_aerial-industrial-complex-Parana-River-north-of-Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1706\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--article\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Celulosa-Argentina-SA_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Celulosa-Argentina-SA_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Celulosa-Argentina-SA_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Celulosa-Argentina-SA_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Celulosa-Argentina-SA_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Celulosa-Argentina-SA_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"Industrial factory on riverbank with smokestack\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Three decades of development along the Paraguay-Paran\u00e1 waterway has made it a hub for the heavy industries that now populate the riverbank, such as this pulp mill factory (Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/sebastianlopezbrach.visura.co\/\">Sebasti\u00e1n L\u00f3pez Brach<\/a> \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Celulosa-Argentina-SA_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--wide\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_aerial_fishing-boats_road_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_aerial_fishing-boats_road_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_aerial_fishing-boats_road_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_aerial_fishing-boats_road_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_aerial_fishing-boats_road_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_aerial_fishing-boats_road_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"Aerial view of boats docked along a riverbank with buildings\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Remanso Valerio, a community of self-built homes connected by dirt roads, clings to the shore of the Paran\u00e1 (Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/sebastianlopezbrach.visura.co\/\">Sebasti\u00e1n L\u00f3pez Brach<\/a> \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_aerial_fishing-boats_road_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1706\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--wide\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_fishers-on-boats_Remanso-Valerio_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_AND_historical-photo-Remanso_Juan-Cruz-Davalle-scaled.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_fishers-on-boats_Remanso-Valerio_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_AND_historical-photo-Remanso_Juan-Cruz-Davalle-768x339.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_fishers-on-boats_Remanso-Valerio_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_AND_historical-photo-Remanso_Juan-Cruz-Davalle-1024x452.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_fishers-on-boats_Remanso-Valerio_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_AND_historical-photo-Remanso_Juan-Cruz-Davalle-1400x619.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_fishers-on-boats_Remanso-Valerio_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_AND_historical-photo-Remanso_Juan-Cruz-Davalle-1800x795.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_fishers-on-boats_Remanso-Valerio_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_AND_historical-photo-Remanso_Juan-Cruz-Davalle-scaled.jpeg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"Men sitting and standing on boats by a lake\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Left: Fishers on the shore of Remanso Valerio, where many in the neighbourhood depend on artisanal fishing for a living (Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/sebastianlopezbrach.visura.co\/\">Sebasti\u00e1n L\u00f3pez Brach<\/a> \/ Dialogue Earth) \/ Right: Remanso Valerio\u2019s first families settled around 80 years ago, attracted by the fishing access point and available land (Image supplied by Juan Cruz Davalle)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_fishers-on-boats_Remanso-Valerio_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_AND_historical-photo-Remanso_Juan-Cruz-Davalle-scaled.jpeg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"462 KB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1131\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--wide\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Jorge-Marin_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Jorge-Marin_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Jorge-Marin_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Jorge-Marin_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Jorge-Marin_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Jorge-Marin_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"Elderly man standing with hands on hips in dimly lit room\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Jorge Mar\u00edn, who belonged to one of the first families to arrive in Remanso Valerio and was known locally as the \u201cgreat fisher\u201d, shortly before he passed away in May (Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/sebastianlopezbrach.visura.co\/\">Sebasti\u00e1n L\u00f3pez Brach<\/a> \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Jorge-Marin_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1706\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dialogue Earth met Jorge Mar\u00edn, one of the neighbourhood\u2019s oldest and most respected voices, shortly before he passed away in late May. He had arrived in El Remanso more than 80 years prior, the son of one of the first\u00a0settlers from the neighbouring town of Paran\u00e1. Mar\u00edn came to be known in the neighbourhood as the \u201cgreat fisher\u201d. From his home high on the bluff, the fisher\u2019s eyes fixed on the water as he watched the ships pass by. Mar\u00edn\u2019s words reflected the growing challenges the community faces: &#8220;The river gave me everything &#8230; from here, I see how the ships carry away all our riches.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the 1990s, repeated dredging for the Paraguay-Paran\u00e1 waterway project has enabled ever larger ships to pass through, establishing Rosario as a vital export point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-cd-related-news alignright block--related-news loading\" data-post-id=\"60068326\"><div class=\"block--related-news__image\"><\/div><div class=\"block--related-news__content\"><span class=\"block--related-news__heading\">Recommended<\/span><span class=\"block--related-news__title\"><\/span><\/div><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>That transformation came at a cost to the river itself, fishers say. Dredging can accelerate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ospar.org\/documents?v=7124\">erosion<\/a> and make marine ecosystems <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2405844024172556\">less resilient<\/a>. Manuel D\u00edaz, a veteran El Remanso fisher, puts it bluntly: \u201cBefore, we\u2019d cast a line and catch between a hundred and two hundred <em>bogas<\/em> [a species of grunt fish, popularly known as <em>boops boops<\/em>]. Now, if you\u2019re lucky, you catch a small one.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--wide\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Ariel-Agustin-Sosa_Jesus-EMANUEL-DIAZ_fishErs_Remanso-Valerio_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Ariel-Agustin-Sosa_Jesus-EMANUEL-DIAZ_fishErs_Remanso-Valerio_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Ariel-Agustin-Sosa_Jesus-EMANUEL-DIAZ_fishErs_Remanso-Valerio_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Ariel-Agustin-Sosa_Jesus-EMANUEL-DIAZ_fishErs_Remanso-Valerio_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Ariel-Agustin-Sosa_Jesus-EMANUEL-DIAZ_fishErs_Remanso-Valerio_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Ariel-Agustin-Sosa_Jesus-EMANUEL-DIAZ_fishErs_Remanso-Valerio_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"Two men repairing fishing net on small boat with cargo ship in background\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Remanso Valerio\u2019s Ariel Agustin Sosa (left) and Jes\u00fas Emanuel D\u00edaz untangle their nets as a cargo ship passes by, enabled by decades of river dredging (Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/sebastianlopezbrach.visura.co\/\">Sebasti\u00e1n L\u00f3pez Brach<\/a> \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Ariel-Agustin-Sosa_Jesus-EMANUEL-DIAZ_fishErs_Remanso-Valerio_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1706\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--wide\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260608_pipe-into-river_Capitan-Bermudez_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260608_pipe-into-river_Capitan-Bermudez_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260608_pipe-into-river_Capitan-Bermudez_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260608_pipe-into-river_Capitan-Bermudez_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260608_pipe-into-river_Capitan-Bermudez_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260608_pipe-into-river_Capitan-Bermudez_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"River flowing through rocky landscape with lush greenery and buildings on top\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Pipes such as this one, emerging from the Capit\u00e1n Berm\u00fadez neighbourhood, are a typical site along the Paran\u00e1. In 2024, employees of the Santa Fe water company Aguas Santafesinas were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosario3.com\/informaciongeneral\/Procesaron-a-cuatro-ex-directivos-y-a-un-ex-gerente-de-Aguas-por-verter-efluentes-cloacales-sin-tratar-20240523-0005.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">charged<\/a> with dumping untreated sewage into the river (Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/sebastianlopezbrach.visura.co\/\">Sebasti\u00e1n L\u00f3pez Brach<\/a> \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260608_pipe-into-river_Capitan-Bermudez_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1707\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 2026, the Belgian company Jan De Nul was <a href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/argentina\/2026-06-19\/la-belga-jan-de-nul-obtiene-en-argentina-la-concesion-de-la-hidrovia-la-mayor-privatizacion-de-milei.html\">awarded<\/a> a new concession, including further dredging works to deepen the waterway, running until 2051. Experts <a href=\"https:\/\/cauceecologico.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/impactoshpp-3.pdf\">warn<\/a> such interventions could further alter the river\u2019s natural dynamics, affecting fish reproduction and accelerating riverbank erosion. Questions have also been raised over the sufficiency of the official environmental impact assessments carried out to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neither Jan De Nul nor the Argentine National Agency for Ports and Shipping (ANPYN) has replied to requests for comment. A government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.argentina.gob.ar\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/09\/1_if-2025-108078963-apn-gipyvnanpyn.pdf\">report<\/a> published in November 2025 stated that environmental regulations are being followed and environmental impacts minimised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dialogue Earth spoke to Cecilia Reeves of Taller Ecologista, an environmental organisation based in Rosario: \u201cWe are turning the Paran\u00e1 \u2013 a complex, living system \u2013 into a straightened, uniform river highway. [For fishing communities] the river isn\u2019t a transportation route. It\u2019s their home and source of food.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--wide\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Manuel-Diaz-Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Manuel-Diaz-Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Manuel-Diaz-Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Manuel-Diaz-Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Manuel-Diaz-Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Manuel-Diaz-Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"Man sitting by window in rustic shelter\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Veteran fisher Manuel D\u00edaz watches workers change the sewage pipes outside his home in Remanso Valerio, in preparation for road paving (Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/sebastianlopezbrach.visura.co\/\">Sebasti\u00e1n L\u00f3pez Brach<\/a> \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Manuel-Diaz-Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1706\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--wide\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_fisher-catch-bogas_Remanso-Valerio_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_fisher-catch-bogas_Remanso-Valerio_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_fisher-catch-bogas_Remanso-Valerio_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_fisher-catch-bogas_Remanso-Valerio_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_fisher-catch-bogas_Remanso-Valerio_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_fisher-catch-bogas_Remanso-Valerio_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"Man walking down dirt road with large fish\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">A fisher returns home with the catch: a few <em>bogas<\/em>. D\u00edaz says the local fishers used to catch hundreds until dredging increased the size and number of ships on the river (Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/sebastianlopezbrach.visura.co\/\">Sebasti\u00e1n L\u00f3pez Brach<\/a> \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_fisher-catch-bogas_Remanso-Valerio_Parana-River_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1706\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--wide\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Parque-de-la-Cabeceira-3D_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argetina_ECOM-Rosario.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Parque-de-la-Cabeceira-3D_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argetina_ECOM-Rosario-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Parque-de-la-Cabeceira-3D_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argetina_ECOM-Rosario-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Parque-de-la-Cabeceira-3D_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argetina_ECOM-Rosario-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Parque-de-la-Cabeceira-3D_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argetina_ECOM-Rosario-1800x1013.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Parque-de-la-Cabeceira-3D_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argetina_ECOM-Rosario.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"A 3D rendering of a modern cityscape with a large bridge over a body of water\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">A 3D rendering of the Parque de la Cabecera development, which would transform the area around Remanso Valerio (Image: ECOM Rosario)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Parque-de-la-Cabeceira-3D_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argetina_ECOM-Rosario.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1440\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The neighbourhood is also facing a significant change: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.santafe.gob.ar\/ms\/gobiernoenaccion\/proyecto\/parque-de-la-cabecera\/\">Parque de la Cabecera<\/a>. This development proposes 2,500 new homes for some 15,000 people, as well as new sports fields, a cultural centre and \u201chigh quality public spaces\u201d. The provincial government is currently finalising tender documents ahead of a bidding process for private developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The development includes Remanso Valerio. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosario3.com\/informaciongeneral\/Parque-de-la-Cabecera-un-empujon-clave-para-un-desarrollo-con-espiritu-metropolitano-20250429-0028.html\">reports<\/a>, 70 households would need to be relocated. Discussions are ongoing but two families have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacapital.com.ar\/la-region\/remanso-valerio-avanza-la-relocalizacion-las-familias-del-barrio-que-va-transformando-su-fisonomia-n10260762.html\">reportedly<\/a> signed relocation agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plans worry some long-time fishers. \u201cI grew up here; this is my life, and I can\u2019t see myself living anywhere else,\u201d says D\u00edaz. \u201cWith the river, we feed our children and grandchildren; we buy them school supplies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carlos Rub\u00e9n Caballero, 42, has been fishing these waters since he was eight. As he speaks, his hands untangle his 300-metre-long net: \u201cThis new thing they\u2019re doing was kept quiet \u2026 at first people were scared [of being displaced] \u2026 but we\u2019re still here.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister of public works, Lisandro Enrico, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacapital.com.ar\/la-region\/remanso-valerio-avanza-la-relocalizacion-las-familias-del-barrio-que-va-transformando-su-fisonomia-n10260762.html\">stated<\/a> that the project will generate a \u201ctrue urban and social transformation\u201d for those living in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--wide\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Carlos-Ruben-Caballero-fishing_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Carlos-Ruben-Caballero-fishing_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Carlos-Ruben-Caballero-fishing_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Carlos-Ruben-Caballero-fishing_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Carlos-Ruben-Caballero-fishing_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Carlos-Ruben-Caballero-fishing_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"Man on boat preparing fishing net\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Local fisher Carlos Rub\u00e9n Caballero pulls up his net on the Paran\u00e1 (Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/sebastianlopezbrach.visura.co\/\">Sebasti\u00e1n L\u00f3pez Brach<\/a> \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Carlos-Ruben-Caballero-fishing_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1706\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--wide\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Eliana-Olmos_Agustina-Olmos_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Eliana-Olmos_Agustina-Olmos_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Eliana-Olmos_Agustina-Olmos_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Eliana-Olmos_Agustina-Olmos_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Eliana-Olmos_Agustina-Olmos_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Eliana-Olmos_Agustina-Olmos_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"Two women standing under a tree with houses in the background\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">Eliana Olmos (left) and Agustina Olmos (right), descended from a line of Remanso Valerio fishers, must now consider relocating to make way for Parque de la Cabecera (Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/sebastianlopezbrach.visura.co\/\">Sebasti\u00e1n L\u00f3pez Brach<\/a> \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Eliana-Olmos_Agustina-Olmos_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1706\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Agustina Olmos, 26, is a daughter and granddaughter of fishers. She is open to relocation but not to a wholly new area: \u201cIf they give me the chance to relocate, I\u2019ll relocate, but I won\u2019t leave here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These development tensions are <a href=\"https:\/\/ri.conicet.gov.ar\/handle\/11336\/239870\">replicated<\/a> in riverine and coastal communities across the world. Fishers in Remanso Valerio fear that what is at risk of disappearing is not just the <em>memory<\/em> of a community, but a living history that continues to influence daily life \u2013 the continuity of a deep relationship to a river that has shaped ways of working, social ties and a body of knowledge for generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--article\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Cristo-de-las-redes-statue_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Cristo-de-las-redes-statue_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Cristo-de-las-redes-statue_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Cristo-de-las-redes-statue_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Cristo-de-las-redes-statue_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1800x1200.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Cristo-de-las-redes-statue_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 999px) 1024px, (max-width: 1400px) 1400px, (max-width: 2000px) 2000px, 2560px\" alt=\"Construction site with large Jesus statue and workers\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--story-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--story-image__caption\">The <em>Cristo de las Redes<\/em> statue, located at the neighbourhood\u2019s main entrance, carefully preserved amidst ongoing public works (Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/sebastianlopezbrach.visura.co\/\">Sebasti\u00e1n L\u00f3pez Brach<\/a> \/ Dialogue Earth)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_Cristo-de-las-redes-statue_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1706\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-story-image aligncenter block--story-image block--story-image--article\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--story-image__column\"><div class=\"block--story-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_pati-fish-drwaing-fisher-house_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_pati-fish-drwaing-fisher-house_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260512_pati-fish-drwaing-fisher-house_Remanso-Valerio_Rosario_Argentina_Sebastian-Lopez-Brach_Dialogue-Earth-1024x682.jpg 1024w, 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