Tres video clips sobre los temas de la privatización del agua, libre comercio y resistencia y arte.

Three video clips on the themes of privatisation of water, free trade and resistance and art

http://www.togethertv.org/people/latin_america/bolivia_maxima.htm

(New York Times) Privatisation has failed to deliver which has given a boost to those activists and governments such as Bolivia that argue that water must be returned and run by local communities and government.   more »

The UN says that water privatisation has failed to deliver in developing countries and calls for Governments to re-assert their role in water management.   more »

Abel Mamani outlines his hopes and the challenges his Ministry will face. He explains that the Bolivian Government's policies on water will be based on the understanding that Water is a human right and must be managed by the State and the community.   more »

Bolivia is likely to end ties with IMF when a lending plan expires on 31 March. The IMF says that it will be a result of Bolivia having alternative financing, but others argue it is evidence of its weakening grip on a continent where its policies have failed to work.   more »

(Knight Ridder news service) Moves by Bolivia's new president to end foreign control of water utilities have drawn the eyes of other South American countries.   more »