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1. Ecuador: Correa responds to 'leftist' critics

   or Pachakutik. These tensions led to a complete breakdown in dialogue. “In the debates on the water ... water law, we were agreed on 80 per cent of the legislation, but Pachakutik clung to the idea that the ... state body in charge of running the country’s water supply should be composed only of community ...

2. When Cochabamba said 'Enough!'

   regions water supply — forcing citizens to pay for rainwater they collected — the people of Cochabamba, ... organised through the Coalition in Defence of Water and Life, rose up and booted out the corporation. Many ... this struggle and who continues to work with the Coalition in Defence of Water and Life, as well as the ...

3. Bolivia’s mining dilemmas

   where access to fresh water is increasingly scarce, Sumitomo extracts 50,000 litres of underground water ... company to pay for its water usage. Pimentel said this will have to change in the new code set be ... consultation, and plans to divert local river ways to supply the mine with water. This will directly affect ...

4. WikiLeaks Bolivia cables: US admits 'economic roots of social revolution'

   view access to such services as water, gas, and electricity as a right that the political and social ... and still largely unresolved mix". Beginning “with the infamous Cochabamba ‘water wars’ of May ... (April) 2000”, where protesters forced the government to reverse the privatisation of Cochabamba’s water ...

5. Greens Senator backs right-wing attack on Venezuela, again

   has emanated from Maduro and his cabinet. Whish-Wilson tried to muddy the waters by talking about the ...

6. Evo Morales calls for environmental justice

   these waters will not be gone in 15 days. They'll be here for two, three months." Bolivia ...

7. Fighting deforestation: Bolivia's green gains the media isn't talking about

   clean water and forests”. Bajak said this contradiction was a result of Morales’ strategy of developing ... includes decreasing water and food supplies and less biodiversity. Second, given the impact deforestation ...

8. Durban climate summit: ALBA to fight for humanity

   carbon, but also in food production, water, biodiversity and land. After the successful October meeting in ...

9. Colombia: 'Narco state' illegally uses Red Cross, Telesur logos

   government is also in hot water over its illegal use of Red Cross symbols and Telesur symbols during its ...

10. Evo's 'ten commandments' to save the planet

    imperialism or colonialism; the right to water; development of clean energies; respect Mother Earth; treat ...

11. Who represents Bolivia's highland indigenous peoples?

    With the people in the city of Cochabamba rising up against water privatisation and coca-growers in the ... Socialism.] Bolivia May 23, 2014 1010 March in Cochabamba against water privatisation in 2000. World ...

12. Ecuador: New left or new colonialism?

    such as water, housing, electricity, transport, water irrigation, sewerage and education and health ...

13. Bolivia: 'This is a fight between rich and poor'

    transnational corporation bought Cochabamba's water supplies and intended to more than double the price of ... water. The Constituent Assembly was officially inaugurated in August 2006. From day one, the right-wing ...

14. Venezuela's revolution faces crucial battles

    bases in Colombia and Panama, reactivated the US Navy Fourth Fleet to patrol Latin American waters, and ... blame the government for the problems in the electricity and water sectors. Far from fulfilling ...

15. The indigenous fire in Latin America

    survival such as gas, water, land, coca, employment and other resources. While providing much valuable ... Landless Peasants, the Coalition in Defense of Water and Life, and feminist organisation Mujeres Creando. ...

16. Eco-socialist declaration, call for global network

    sphere … and the collectivization of the means of production". "Clean air and water and fertile ...

17. Venezuela promotes Arab-Latin American unity

    largest water reserves and is the biggest food producing bloc in the world. The final summit resolution ...

18. US bases centre of new Latin America struggle

    World War II, is once again patrolling regional waters. Colombia leads the region in percentage of GDP ...

19. Bolivia: Calm between storms

    issue of ownership of land, the issue of ownership of forests, of water, of mining wealth and ...

20. Mercosur confronts global crises

    Referring to the recent US decision to reactivate its Fourth Fleet in Latin American waters, Chavez asked ...

21. US, Colombia threaten Venezuela

    warships in its territory, the reactivation of the Fourth Fleet to patrol regional waters and the presence ...

22. Venezuela: New mission, laws to extend popular power

    as water, electricity, roads, housing, schools and health. Since 2003, the Venezuelan government has ...

23. Venezuela: growing evidence of new coup plot

    government. He pointed to the re-activation of the US navy Fourth Fleet to patrol Latin American waters as ...

24. Nigerian activist: People’s climate summit ‘a turning point’

    This would lead to the collapse of agriculture, water supplies and a massive increase in climate ...

25. Bolivia: Fraud, violence and mass resistance marks right-wing push

    the negotiating table to force concessions out of the government to water down the new constitution ...

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