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By Patricia Nieto Mariño
Santiago, May 13 (EFE).- Just a trickle of water comes out when Rosalba Quiroz, whose family have spent generations raising cattle in the central Chilean locality of Petorca, turns on the faucet inside her home on the banks of a dry river bed.
Many thousands of households are without running water in the Andean nation, where an estimated 80 percent of the liquid is the property of agribusiness, mining and energy interests.
So it is no surprise that 539 of the 1,373 people running in the May 15-16 election to an assembly charged with drafting a new constitution have signed on to “Suelta el Agua” (Release the Water), an initiative of Greenpeace Chile aimed at reversing decades of water privatization.
Chileans claim water as a human right
Chileans claim water as a human right
Santiago, Chile, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) In Chile, 97% of citizens consider that water for human consumption must be guaranteed in the new Constitution as a human right, according to a survey published on Wednesday.
The study Chile Drop by Drop: pandemic, challenges and perceptions of water crisis , sponsored by Greenpeace Chile, shows that access to water is considered one of the major elements necessary to lead a decent life, in addition to health, housing, food, education and employment.
The survey by the environmental organization analyzed the water situation during the second half of this year, consulting a little more than 1,000 people throughout the country, with the aim of knowing the major concerns closely related to the crisis this nation is going through.