Archive for November 2007

Water in Ecuador

 
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In October 2000, just months after the people of Bolivia threw Bechtel out of Cochabamba, this very same company signed a water privatization contract in Guayaquil, Ecuador a city of almost 2 million inhabitants. Now the people of Guayaquil are having major problems with their water supply.

We spoke with Sara Grusky, a senior organizer with the Water for All Campaign at Food and Water Watch.

Strikes in France

 
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France has been crippled by transport strikes as the transport unions and newly elected President Nicholas Sarkozy come head to head on Sarkozy’s proposed reforms.

We spoke with Dr Stefan Simons, Chef de Bureau of Der Spiegel in Paris.