Iciar Bollain's Even The Rain

The author of "Water" develops their claim by giving their argument, stating water-related challenges, arguing the right to water, setting goals, and lastly, explaining the importance of water to hygiene and sanitation. In order to raise awareness, the author gives staggering facts about the issue and possible solutions. This author uses informative yet convincing language pointing his article at an audience who is researching the problem or those who would like to contribute to the

The article “Water Works”, published by Orion Magazine and written by environmental specialist Cynthia Barnett intends to inform the reader anyone can make water an important factor. Overlooking it has become common many people in the United States have adapted to through the changes that have occurred in society over time. At the beginning of her article, she describes an area that does not make water care a priority, whereas in another location they make it very evident water is important. The location she describes is gloomy, grey, and is a populated area that has old water systems that are damaging environmental factors. Barnett continuously emphasizes that people are the ones who can help restore nature. This is at a less cost than

With the abundance of clean water in Seattle, civilians would go into shock if they suddenly lost access to the utility. The fictional events in the film Tambien la Lluvia take place during the Cochabamba Water Wars, in which the city government of Cochabamba dramatically raised the rates of water bills by over 35%, which sparked violent riots among the lower class. This film explores a question that concerns our environment’s limited resources: How and should the world ration and conserve fresh water?

Firstly, the Cochabamba water war (between 1999 and 2000) was a series of protests and small revolts in the third largest city in Bolivia.To elaborate, the protests were in response to the privatization of the city’s water supply. The protests killed one person and on on April 10, 2000, the national government agreed to reverse the privatization. Unfortunately, had the privatization not been transposed,

With no working water many have substituted, showers for “Bird Baths”. ‘That includes deciding whether to use precious water hauled from the local fire stations for the “bird baths” Mrs Gallegos says everyone now has instead of showers, or flushing the toilet’(Source 2). Using the toilet is also a everyday dilemma some have resorted to doing their business outside. “Sometimes,” she says, nodding towards her youngest child, “when she needs to go, I just take her outside”(Source 2). Many have not taken showers in months, because of the lack of water. “For Angelica Gallegos, the worst part has been going without a shower for five months”(Source 2). The lack of water has also had a strain on people's pockets, some dive out of town to take proper showers. “When it first went dry, we used to drive to my daughter’s house in Visalia about 45 minutes away to have a shower,” he says. “But it was costing a lot of money in gas”(Source

It is essential for humans to drink water daily in order to live. Water should be a human right and not something to stress over. This is why I would fund the Cochabamba Water Collective (CWC) to assist them in sustaining water sources for everybody. Privatization and commodification of water is inhumane. Doing it on the account of human health is not the answer to the country’s economic issues. The CWC is aware of this and has crafted a water management plan to prevent it from happening. In addition of humans, economic development will also be benefitted from the plan of the CWC.

Whether water is a human commodity or basic human right has become a large problem around the world while dealing with the availability of clean drinking water in developing societies. If water is either recognized to be a right or a commodity, many complications come to these developing countries in several social and political aspects. A human right is a freedom and a right that belongs to everyone in the world. Water as a human right gives everyone the right to water as

Even the Rain, Iciar Bollaín director and screenwriter Paul Laverty, was one of the most serious and complicated films that were screened at the Toronto Film Festival. These are important issues of history and contemporary social life as well as the artistic and human responsibility. The film takes place in Cochabamba, Bolivia, for the "water wars", anti water privatization in 2000. A Spanish film crew has arrived in the area to make a film about Christopher Columbus and his encounter with indigenous peoples of the "New World".

The world revolves around water. Without it, organisms would cease to exist. With that being said, humans depend on it on a daily basis. In the documentary “Thirst”, it covers the controversy of water privatization in Bolivia, India, and Stockton. All of these regions are opposed to water privatization by the powerful corporations that operate in the area. The people living in these places believe that water privatization negatively affects their control of their water, because it a human right. On the other hand, the multinational corporations believe that water is an economic resource that should be bought and sold, for profit. I believe that water should not have the ability to be privatized.

Two out of every five people living in Sub-Saharan Africa lack safe water. A baby there is 500 times more likely to die from water-related illness than one from the United States. This is a serious ongoing issue that requires the rest of the world to take action. Water spreads diseases easily if the necessary precautions are not taken. Many developing African countries don’t have sewage treatment, or the people don’t have methods to filter and disinfect. Once a person is sick either there is no way to cure them, or medical care is too expensive, so they are left untreated with a high risk of death. Although many believe that the fight for sanitary water in Africa is insurmountable, people in these developing countries can overcome their challenge to access clean water and avoid water-borne diseases through proper sewage treatment facilities, universal water filtration and medical care.

Cochabamba is a town in the Andes Mountains (Murdock). In 2000, the town’s population was approximately 800,000 (Murdock). Although the town was small, the people inside created quite an uproar in the year 2000 (Murdock). What was the cause? Water.

According to (" UN-Water”) 783 million people do not have access to clean drinking water. The majority of people living in America have plenty of access to clean drinking water and often take that opportunity for granted . The lack of water in undeveloped countries can have a major effect on the economy. Countries that Have clean drinking water means being able to shower, cook, drink, water that can also be used for agriculture. Undeveloped countries with unclean water do not have these benefits

Water should be treated as a human right due to the simple reason that it is a necessity for human survival. For water to be treated as a human right, it would have to be completely free, universal, and non-transferable. These characterizations are important to mention because this would mean that private institutions may not seize and distribute this necessity for their own profit. The belief behind this ideology is efficiency. The inefficiency of this human right is proven in today’s world by the 842,000 human deaths; all due to the lack of this commodity, according to, “Is Water A Human Right” by Now This World. This kind of inefficiency is also the result of negative externalities caused by major corporations like Nestle. As mentioned in

The water war in Bolivia is centered around the current struggle of the lack of water access in the country. In the city of Cochabamba, one of the peaceful protests had developed into violence. Companies from the United States and different parts of Europe had been privatizing water systems, causing a raise in taxes on water. With Bolivia being the poorest country in South America, every day costs, such as a meal, are hard to pay for without the added cost of water taxes. After putting their water system up for auction in 1999, a company by the name of Aguas del Tunari had purchased the system in Cochabamba, promising profit and expansion of the system. Although, after two months passed, Aguas del Tunari had raised the rates of the water cost.

The author starts off the article by describing the nights he has with his wife, including the rainfalls that still come, that worsen his roof of his home. He goes on to mention that the news of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico was “bigger than our debt crisis”, and how most people never even saw it. Cordero thoroughly describes the environment of the aftermath from Hurricane Maria, mentioning phone lines being down, no clean water a month after the hurricane, supermarkets being empty, and roads being torn apart. Cordero calls on who is in charge to act and give aid to the country and goes on to resent the officials and authority