Comments on: The Week That Was - Bolivian Blogs http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/03/22/the-week-that-was-bolivian-blogs-22/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:00:10 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Bolivia: Taking the Coca out of Coca-Cola and Onto the Seal http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/03/22/the-week-that-was-bolivian-blogs-22/comment-page-1/#comment-874954 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Bolivia: Taking the Coca out of Coca-Cola and Onto the Seal Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:15:36 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=8109#comment-874954 [...] Water and whether it earned its place listed as a fundamental human right was the topic of the week. One blogger attended the World Water Forum, as a member of the delegation sent by the new Water Ministry. The soybean market would suffer because of a newly signed free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia, which had been a large consumer of this Bolivian crop. Eduardo Avila [...] [...] Water and whether it earned its place listed as a fundamental human right was the topic of the week. One blogger attended the World Water Forum, as a member of the delegation sent by the new Water Ministry. The soybean market would suffer because of a newly signed free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia, which had been a large consumer of this Bolivian crop. Eduardo Avila [...]

]]> By: BPO http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/03/22/the-week-that-was-bolivian-blogs-22/comment-page-1/#comment-113305 BPO Sat, 17 Jun 2006 09:02:26 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=8109#comment-113305 I am especially impressed by the argument for and against water privatisation... I am not entirely in agreement that extending a hand to privatisation will result in water to everyone...private companies do not care for the poor, they care only for their bottomlines...and if the poor make no difference to the bottomline, to hell with them, that will their perspective... I live in India, where I see people becoming ill due to the lack of clean water...I appreciate that the state and central governments are doing their best to tackle this situation...I really do not think private companies will do a better job... Ec @ <a href="http://www.plantoils.in" rel="nofollow">Plant Oils Database</a> I am especially impressed by the argument for and against water privatisation…

I am not entirely in agreement that extending a hand to privatisation will result in water to everyone…private companies do not care for the poor, they care only for their bottomlines…and if the poor make no difference to the bottomline, to hell with them, that will their perspective…

I live in India, where I see people becoming ill due to the lack of clean water…I appreciate that the state and central governments are doing their best to tackle this situation…I really do not think private companies will do a better job…

Ec @ Plant Oils Database

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