WATER ABLAZE - Patagonia Sin Represas

CONTENTS
1 FOREWORD__13
2 THE FINANCIAL CRISIS__17
3 THE STRUGGLE FOR WATER__21
3.1 Water in Abundance__22
3.2 The Search for New Sources – Some Crazy Notions__24
3.3 Water Waster Number One – Agribusiness__25
3.4 The Water Business – One Source
of Revenue That Will Never Run Dry__27
3.5 The Climate Change – Pretext for Military Operations__31
4 EXPERIENCES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES__33
4.1 Turkey – The 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul, 2009__33
4.2 The Philippines – Manila and the Fight for Water__38
4.3 The U.S. Giant Bechtel in Cochabamba and Iraq__39
4.4 Brazil – The Transposition of the Rio São Francisco__40
4.5 Turkey – Opposition to the Ilisu Dam Project__52
4.6 India – The Narmada Dam Project and Coca Cola__59
4.7 Colombia – The Conflict with Coca Cola__60
4.8 Indonesia – Water Suppliers Danone and RWE__62
4.9 Chile – Privatised Rivers and Giant Dams in Patagonia__65
4.10 Nestlé – Bottled Water Worldwide__69
5 WARS FOR WATER IN BOLIVIA__71
5.1 Who Does Water Belong to Having the Courage
to Stand up against the Powerful Companies__72
5.2 Humanitarian Aid or Dictating to Others in Neocolonial
Style A Dark Chapter in German Foreign Aid Policy__78
5.3 From the Struggle for Water to the Reclaiming of Civil Rights__83
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