Activists behind a documentary that denounces cases of child labor in yerba mate fields in northeastern Argentina are looking to spearhead change through legal channels and by bringing the film to a global audience. "I Like Mate without Chile Labor," produced by the media company Posibl. Members of the non-governmental organization Un Sueño para Misiones (A Dream for Misiones) were donating books in that northeastern Argentine province when they uncovered the use of child labor in the yerba mate fields, a problem they say dates back hundreds of years. The lawyer, a native of Misiones, says children as young as five accompany their parents and help them gather the yerba mate, "initially as a game." Those signatures are to be submitted to Argentine Labor Minister Jorge Triaca and the speaker of the lower house of Congress, Emilio Monzo.

Source: Fox News September 03, 2016 19:06 UTC