HOW ARE THE LATIN AMERICAN PEOPLES RESPONDING TO THE EXISTING CONDITIONS?
The struggle of the peoples of Latin America to transform their societies and improve the quality of their lives continues to make world headline news: Support Bolivian Anti-Privatisation Activist Oscar Olivera! Coalition in Defense of Water and Life in Bolivia November 29, 2001 This morning at 7:30 am the police in Cochabamba arrested Oscar Olivera, spokesperson for the Coordinadora, on his way to work. The charges are “sedition, conspiracy, instigating public disorder, criminal association, and other charges”. Brazil: Vivendi Moves to Keep Water Company by Raymond Colitt, Financial Times February 18, 2003 Vivendi Environment will today launch last-ditch negotiations to recover control of a Brazilian water company after a state government said it would take over management from the French utility Brazil: South Could Become Stage for Water Wars by Mario Osava, Inter Press Service March 21, 2003 Developing countries rich in water resources could become scenarios of war similar to what i
