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South America: Water for the World?

The world’s largest freshwater reserve is in South America: a priceless treasure. In the heart of South America lies a colossal water reserve that could provide drinking water for all of humani...
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Uruguay: Water Mega-Project Suspended

The Uruguayan government has suspended Luis Lacalle Pou’s drinking water mega-project. The executive has met with the private consortium in charge of the construction and decided to suspend the ...
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Uruguay: President Confirms Negotiation

President Orsi announced that Uruguay would renegotiate the contract for the drinking water megaproject: what are the alternatives? The President of Uruguay convened his Council of Ministers for the ...
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Uruguay: Mega-Project to be Renegotiated

Uruguay’s new government will renegotiate the contract with the international consortium in charge of the drinking water mega-project. One of the main controversies of the transition between th...
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Politics and Water in Uruguay: No Shame

The contract for a drinking water plant in Uruguay is an example and a means to reflect on the disappearance of shame in contemporary politics. Shame, that condition that the Greeks believed necessary...
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Uruguay: Mega-Project for Water

The Government of Uruguay signed the contract for the mega-project for drinking water, despite the objections of Yamandú Orsi. The president-elect sent a note to Luis Lacalle Pou expressing that he co...
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Uruguay’s Struggle for Natural Resources

For “la diaria – ambiente”, Camila Méndez looked back on the last five years of environmental politics and conflicts in Uruguay. We are translating her article because we believe it ...
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20y of human right to water in Uruguay

Twenty years ago, Uruguay was the first country to recognize the human right to water. On 22 August, the Universidad de la República organized a commemoration and recorded it. Here the two hours video...
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