Colombia’s Movement for Water Democracy and Constitutional Reform

Water activists in Colombia are pushing a popular initiative to add explicit protection for the human right to water to the nation’s constitution. The initiative follows similar reform efforts that succeeded in Uruguay in 2004, Ecuador in 2008 and Bolivia in 2009. These constitutional reforms demonstrate the close parallels between the movement for access to safe and sufficient water and the movement for democracy that is sweeping the Americas. After three years of popular mobilization to build support, the Colombian reform measure is now up for debate before the nation’s congress.

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