Water is a human right‚ not a commodity. It is the essence of life‚ sustaining every living being on the planet. Without it we would have no plants‚ no animals‚ no people. However‚ while water consumption doubles every twenty years our water sources are being depleted‚ polluted and exploited by multinational corporations. Water privatization has been promoted by corporations and international lending institutions as the solution to the global water crises but the only one’s who benefit from water
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the largest salt deposit in the world is found in Bolivia? Bolivia is located in South America and happens to be slightly smaller than some of the countries surrounding it. Do not let the size fool you because this country is rich in everything from culture to resources and even history. Bolivia has a story just as every country does and is quite interesting one at that. One of the main things that makes Bolivia Bolivia is its religion. Bolivia practices many religions including Roman Catholic
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Bolivia has one of the highest deforestation rates in South America‚ second only to Brazil. This effect is seen particularly in eastern Bolivia where the interregional effects of Brazilian policy and infrastructure can easily be felt across the border. Bolivia‚ as well as other regions in the Amazon are largely inhabited by a wide variety of indigenous cultures that depend on the natural resources of a region for their livelihood and existence. The largest factor in rapid deforestation and desertification
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Introduction Bolivia presents a wide range of cultural‚ natural and ethnical diversity. Along these wonderful and positive factors‚ the country also presents severe levels of political‚ economic and social instability which makes it one of the poorest and most undeveloped countries in the world. The conflictive contrasts between different social groups have made the Bolivian legal system change throughout time. The most recent and dramatic shift in the Bolivian legal system‚ was the adoption of
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Maoist came to an understanding as to how new Constituent Assembly was to be elected. --Parliament passed laws taking most of the powers of the king. It was known as second movement of democracy in Nepal. BOLIVIA’S WATER WAR-A Struggle against Privatisation of Water --Bolivia is a small and poor country in Latin America.The WorldBank
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Tri-State Water Wars | The Issues of the Tri-State Water Wars | Almost for twenty tears‚ Georgia‚ Alabama and Florida have been fighting over the amount of water in Apalachicola Chattahoochee Flint and the Alabama Coosa Tallapoosa (ACT) river basin that passes through their borders. Georgia wants plenty of water for metro Atlanta so they can keep growing. The downstream users Alabama and Florida wants enough water flowing for their own economic goods. But none of these state wants to stop fighting
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discussed subject matter when it comes to relations‚ trade‚ and most recently the strong interest in National Security. Bolivia‚ known for the coca leaf which is the prominent component for cocaine- has grabbed the interest of the United States due to it’s power in the drug industry which has created an impact in societal‚ economical‚ and political agendas. International relations with Bolivia details back to 1849 and both countries continue to grow independently‚ however‚ continue to conjecture by creating
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Information about Bolivia Geography Bolivia is a landlocked country in South American. It borders Peru and Chile to the west‚ Argentina and Paraguay to the south and Brazil to the east. Bolivia is home to the Altiplano plateau on which lives half the country’s population. The big cities of Oruro‚ Potosí‚ and La Paz are found in the plateau‚ which has an altitude of 11‚910 ft (3‚630 m). The north eastern and eastern lowlands of the Oriente make two-thirds of the country. This region is mainly forest
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poverty and corruption of Bolivia are still around today and there is a great discrepancy between the elite and the poor. 64% of the country lives below the poverty line and these conditions leave Bolivian citizens unable to plan for the future‚ afford adequate health care‚ receive an education‚ and address inequality. Malnutrition is crippling Bolivia with 25% of Bolivian children under 3 have or currently suffering from malnutrition and many children are becoming stunted. Bolivia is vulnerable to diseases
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citizens can change the world.” In Bolivia‚ these citizens were the local people of Cochabamba who rallied together and fought for what they believed was just‚ the right to clean drinking water. By pushing out a large corporation and going against the government‚ this ‘Water War’ became known as a “public uprising against water prices” (Olivera‚ Oscar). Named after large protests in opposition to the privatization of the city’s water system and spikes in the resident’s water bills‚ this battle showed how
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