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Murky Waters: Fighting World Bank-Financed Water Privatization:
How to challenge World Bank (MIGA) Financed Water Projects
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
12-1:30 pm, WCL Room 602
American University Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20016
In 2001 the World Bank gave Bechtel, the largest engineering company in the U.S, a guarantee for its investments in the water system in Guayaquil, Ecuador. After years of mismanagement, including water cut-offs, a Hepatitis B outbreak, and ongoing flooding, the Observatorio Cuidadano de Servicios Publicos has initiated a World Bank investigation into the water project. Bechtel also has a prior history of involvement in oil and water sources overseas, and has recently become the focus of criticism from growing environmental movements. The panel discussion included Marcos Orellana, (The Center for International Environmental Law), and cesar Cardenas Ramirez and Agosto parada Campos (both of the Ecuadorian-based civil rights group Observatorio Cuidadano de Servicios Publicos).
For more information please contact Maj Fiil at 202.683.2453 or via email at mfiil@fwwatch.org.
Co-Sponsors: American University Washington College of Law Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, The Center for International Environmental Law and Food & Water Watch.
