Benito Condorí raises llamas and sheep in the heights of Ovejería, a town in the Sierras of Catamarca, close to the border with Salta and Tucumán, in the shared borders of the Calchaquíes valleys. The heights there reach about 4,500 meters above sea level, and because of that, everything is different from what we know below. There is little grass, long distances, water is scarce. And there are natural enemies whom Benito baptizes by summarizing them as "The Damage." What could be The Damage? The name gives one chills. "Our area is for llamas, but it's also very beautiful," says Condorí, whom we find below, as a spectator of an international meeting on camelids held at the El Pichanal Farm, in the Calchaquíes valleys. Respectful, the man makes a distinction between this below and the above where he lives. "The talks we've had today here are all for below, more for the valleys where you can have a different management, with pastures and parcels," he differentiates. "Do you only have ...
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