Water is a key challenge when it comes to the Latin American agrarian issue, and its lack threatens rural living. The Chilean case is emblematic of this issue, given the implications of neoliberalism and its consequences on environmental injustice. Social movements are now adding the issue of water to their historical demands for land and territory. This paper addresses what features the water struggle has acquired among social movements in Chile by undertaking a critical, geohistorical reading of ongoing social processes. Our conclusions indicate that the agrarian territories are at a crossroads that demands mobilization or risks initiating a process of rural depopulation.

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智利争夺水资源作为领土重新存在的来源：重新思考拉丁美洲的土地问题


水是拉丁美洲土地问题的一个关键挑战，缺水威胁着农村生活。考虑到新自由主义的影响及其对环境不公正的影响，智利的案例就是这个问题的象征。社会运动现在将水问题添加到他们对土地和领土的历史需求中。本文通过对正在进行的社会进程进行批判性的、地史性的解读，探讨了智利社会运动中水斗争的特征。我们的结论表明，农业地区正处于十字路口，需要动员起来，否则就有可能启动农村人口减少的进程。