WATER ABLAZE - Patagonia Sin Represas

CDU Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands
(The German Christian Democratic Union) Conservative political party with strong neoliberal
tendencies; pushes the privatisation of resources and public assets.
CEO Corporate Europe Observatory
Important NGO in the fight against privatisation, neoliberalism and EU imperialism;
head office in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CEP Compagnie des eaux de Paris
Subsidiary of the French Veolia, formerly CGE.
CFD Computational fluid dynamics
Branch of f l u i d m e c h a n i c s that uses n u m e r i c a l m e t h o d s and a l g o r i t h m s to solve
and analyze problems involving fluid flows.
CFR Council on Foreign Relations
Founded in 1921 by David Rockefeller; exerts a decisive influence on world politics and EU
foreign policy; powerful push for neoliberal globalisation.
CGE Compagnie Générale des Eaux
French water giant; used to be part of Vivendi; now part of Veolia Environnement, under the
name of Veolia Water.
CGPT General Confederation of Peruvian Workers
CHCs chlorinated hydrocarbons
Organochlorine compounds used for industrial purposes; can cause severe damage to
the environment; some well-known examples are: chloralkanes such as methyl chloride,
trichlormethane/chloroform, tetrachlormethane/carbon tetrachloride, lindane; chloralkenes such
as vinyl chloride and dichloroethene; aromatic CHCs such as chlorbenzole, DDT or CS gas.
CHE Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung
(Centre for the Development of Higher Education) Powerful think tank of the
German Bertelsmann Foundation for exerting influence in this field.
CIA Central Intelligence Agency (USA)
CIP Capital Improvement Programme
CKW ChlorKohlenWasserstoffe (see: CHC)
CMDE (Mali’s Committee of Water Defence) Active since November 2005 in promoting and
encouraging the mobilisation and cooperation of social struggles in Mali, as well as on the
whole of the African continent and worldwide, to defend water as a basic human right
and a public good.
CNDAV Comisión Nacional en Defensa del Agua y de la Vida
(National Coalition in Defence of Water and Life, Montevideo, Uruguay) Formed by more than
30 civil society organisations in August 2002. In October 2004, through a process of direct
democracy, CNDAV secured a clause in Uruguay’s constitution which defines the right to water
as a fundamental human right. This created a foundation for the public management of water
resources based on principles of social participation and sustainability. In addition to having
considerably influenced the situation in Uruguay, this achievement sets an important international
precedent as one of the first instances where an environmental right has been incorporated
into a country’s constitution via direct democracy. The constitutional reform of Article 47 of the
constitution, in the section “rights, obligations, and guarantees”, earned the support of 64∙7% of
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