Attack of the giant rodents or class war? Argentina’s rich riled by new neighbors
by Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires from Environment | The Guardian on (#5NMDX)
Hordes of capybaras have taken up residence at a gated community, sparking a debate on the environment and inequality
Nordelta is Argentina's most well-known gated community: an enclave of spacious homes for the rich amid a dreamy landscape of lakes and streams north of Buenos Aires.
But environmentalists question its very existence because it is built on the wetlands of the Parana, the second most important river in South America after the Amazon.
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