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Water Crisis El Salvador

THE STRUGGLE FOR GOOD WATER GOVERNANCE CONTINUES IN EL SALVADOR

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Andres McKinley The profound crisis of water resources in El Salvador, in terms of quality, quantity and access, is widely recognized and scientifically documented by national as well as international experts. The main cause of the current crisis is poor water management (pollution and over-expl...

The international dimensions of the fight for water in El Salvador

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P. Cabezas Local companies tied to foreign capital drive the push to privatize water magament and services in El Salvador. The fight for the defence of water in El Salvador and the recent conflicts that have arisen between legislators and the movement for the defence of water are nothing new ...

Bishops of El Salvador warn against privatizing water

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Catholic News Service SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR — El Salvador's bishops urged lawmakers to discard any plans for privatizing water in the Central American country, saying the poor could not afford to pay the cost of a vital necessity. In a terse statement, issued June 12 and titled, "We wi...

Water 2.0 - Salvadoreans take to the streets to battle renewed attempts to privatize water resources

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P. Cabezas Barely six weeks have passed since the newly elected, right wing dominated legislature took office, but recent frictions between security personnel of the legislature and university students protesting the potential privatization of water already paint a grim picture of things to come...

Church in El Salvador backs law declaring clean, affordable water as a human right

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Melissa Vida : America Magazine The archbishop of San Salvador, Jose Luis Escobar Alas, points to Blessed Oscar Romero’s portrait on a shelf in his office. “Blessed Romero, is, without a doubt, a role model for us,” he tells America. “He is the one who marked a turning point in our history,...

Xenia Marroquìn: “Water is not a merchandise, it is a human right”

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By: Gloria Silvia Orellana - CoLatino / Translated by: Samy Beltaief Xenia Marroquìn, coordinator of Foro del Agua, regrets the decision of the Constitutional Commission to refuse the proposal to reform article 69 of the Constitution, which proposes to recognize food s and the access to wa...

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