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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Minute: On Argentina's missing activist

Anger has been rising in Argentina following the discovery of a body, thought to be missing activist Santiago Maldonado. Major political parties in Argentina have suspended election campaigning following the discovery. Maldonado disappeared in August, whilst taking part in a protest over the rights of indigenous people. The Mapuche people say they're being denied access to their ancestral land, which is owned by Italian fashion giant Benetton.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Mundo's correspondent Daniel Pardo Vegalara gives us the background.

Picture: People hold portraits of activist Santiago Maldonado at a rally in Buenos Aires, Argentina Credit: EITAN ABRAMOVICH/AFP/Getty Images

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