De los Piquetes a las Puebladas.

Abstract

During the second half of the ’90s a series ofpopular revolts marked the beginning of thecrisis of neoliberal hegemony, in force inArgentina since the beginning of the decade.Between them, those that occurred in Tartagaland Mosconi, Salta province, attractedattention for its radicalism and its repetition.In this paper I meditate about their conditionsof possibility taking notice to the differentrepresentations in these communities aboutthose events. For that, after reviewing thelocal traditions of struggle, I analyze thediscourses of different social and politicalactors, examining the different meaningsattributed to the facts. The study reveals thepresence of a community representationmarked by a strong local identification whichfavored interclass solidarity and contributedto the development of popular rebellions.