Ecuador: New Water Law Endorses Further Privatization

Manuela Picq – upsidedownworld.org reported Ecuador’s constitution is the only one in the world to declare water as a human right. Yet the government of this South American nation may not fully agree with its own constitutional rights. Last month, Ecuador’s government fast-tracked a new water law endorsing further privatization of water and allowing extractive activities like mining in sources of freshwater in the highlands. The controversial law was easily approved in Congress within four days given that the president’s governing party Alianza País controls about two-thirds of legislative seats. In addition, the media provided very little critical coverage, presumably either by lack of interest or because of the debilitating effects of the recently-passed Organic Communication Law, such as the rise of self-censorship among media professionals working in the country. Read Article

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