Victory: Aymara Communities Win Water Rights Battle!
Submitted by Other Worlds on Wed, 01/13/2010 - 14:27
Chile’s Supreme Court last week handed down a landmark ruling on indigenous water rights in a case that pitted Aymara communities against Agua Mineral Chusmiza, a company seeking the rights to bottle and sell freshwater from a source used historically by Aymara indigenous residents. The ruling will not only affect access to drinking water in the arid region, but also the ability to implement mining projects which depend on water sources, and the ruling may have far reaching impact on indigenous claims to resources in their traditional lands in Chile.
Read more on the Santiago Times website
