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Women & Water in Cochabamba, Bolivia

Training and leadership: women demand real spaces in water governance.  Among other things, they propose the incorporation of gender equality in laws, statutes, municipal POAs and sectoral regulations...
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BLUE DIGEST 15-06-2025

Every day the most important news on water and sanitation from around the world, compiled by the Blue Community Network, defending water as a common, public good and a human right. How ...
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Bolivia: Climate Change & Water Crisis

Blue Community Ambassador Rosario Sánchez posted: Bolivia is facing its worst rainy season in 40 years: 860,000 families affected, 58 dead, crops destroyed. Rural and Indigenous communities hit harde...
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Bolivia: 25 Years Of Water War

It was one of the greatest turning points in our recent history. With its epicentre in Cochabamba, Bolivia, the Water War opened up a new period of popular struggles in Latin America. Not only did it ...
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Bolivia: Church And Water For People

The Church collaborates to bring water to remote community in Bolivia. A recent collaboration brought clean, safe water to young students. An ongoing collaboration between The Church of Jesus Christ ...
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Amazonia’s Madeira River Looses Water

Amazon people brace for a drier future along the endangered Madeira River. The Madeira River, the largest tributary of the Amazon, has been losing water flow over the last 20 years while facing severe...
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Bolivia: Communities Against Lithium

Bolivian communities push back against foreign-backed lithium projects. In September 2024, Bolivia’s state-owned lithium company, Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB), signed a $970 million contract...
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Bolivia: Water for Oruro

In Oruro, on the highlands of Bolivia, the expansion of the drinking water system for 3,000 families is underway with an investment of more than Bs 137 million (US$20m). This Saturday, President Luis...
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Lithium Triangle: Water Sources at Peril

Lithium Triangle mining may strain water sources more than expected, study says. Global demand for lithium is expected to increase by nearly 500% over the next few decades, as countries invest more i...
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