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Latests news: Bolivian government and Suez keep civil society in the dark

Following weeks of citizen protest in El Alto, Bolivia in January 2005, the Bolivian government agreed to terminate the contract with water transnational Suez.   Now the government appears to be wavering on that promise by proposing a new mixed company where Suez will still retain shares. Secret negotiations between the government and Suez continue, but civil society organizations have lost patience.  FEJUVE announced on August 8th that they will begin 2 forms of civil disobedience. First, they will begin to organize a campaign of "no payment" of water bills in El Alto and La Paz. Second, they will begin the construction of a new, independent water system using the model of citizen participation in each neighborhood. 



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