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March 17, 2006
Protesters at World Water Forum say Water Wars now Deadly
Protesters holding an "alternate" forum outside the Fourth World Water Forum in Mexico City today, say deadly water wars aren't an apocalyptic vision of the future, but are already starting to happen.
"The Fourth World Water Forum doesn't represent us," said Audora Dominguez of the nongovernmental Mexican Committee for the Defense of Water Rights. "It's a forum where you have to pay to speak. It's a forum where the poor aren't included."
Local Mexico City legislator Aleida Alavez Ruiz said, "It's getting critical, and if we don't recognize the problem now, when the dry season comes, the conflicts will get worse," speaking of her district, where residents have fought over water trucks that make deliveries when tap water runs out.
Loic Fauchon, president of the nongovernmental World Water Council said, "We don't want to override national governments; we just need a force that will take over in cases of water conflicts," as reported by the Associated Press and published by Forbes.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at March 17, 2006 04:55 PM
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