A very particular assotiation between the church, the local government of Lujan, in the argentinean Buenos Aires province, and private groups -some of them with a history that relate them to the menemism “party”- are promoting a project of touristic exploitation of Lujan, surely one of the most popular destinations of religious peregrination in Argentina. The idea is to create a joint venture that would control 45 hectares of the city and its surroundings, and to guarantee the subject of city planning as a touristic destination. In this case, it’s clear that a good part of the profits from a touristic business depend on the space control where they operate -the other topic is, of course, the control of the tourists time. And in this case, the form of space dominion that surely guarantees profitability: monopoly. Since this project would give this partnership the right to manage this touristic space in Lujan for 99 years, the monopolic intentions are even more evident.

You can read more about this topic in this interesting note published by argentinean Pagina/12 newspaper (in spanish).