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Paraguay: ministry creates water, sanitation unit
08 Jun 09
Paraguay's public works and communications ministry is creating a unit which will be responsible for drawing up government policies for the water sector, local paper ABC Color Digital reported.
Peru: sanitation – two out of three installations not used
02 Jun 09
Only one in three sanitation installations in Peru are actually used. Alternative Pro-poor Sanitation Solutions in Peru, a programme supported by the Fondation Ensemble and the Water and Sanitation Programme, is trying to change this by acting simultaneously on supply and demand.
Guatemala: Global Water and Peace Corps collaborate in Healthy Schools Program
02 Jun 09
International NGO Global Water has joined forces with the US-based Peace Corps to educate children in Guatemala about the importance of proper hygiene. In the Healthy Schools Program, Global Water provides the funding for the 'hardware' while the Peace Corps volunteers supply the education.
Nicaragua: environmental committee debating water decentralisation
08 May 09
The environmental and natural resources committee of the Nicaraguan congress has started debating a bill aimed at giving communal potable water and sewerage committees (CAPS) legal authority to manage financing from national and international entities for maintenance and improvement of potable water systems.
Paraguay: Indigenous Peoples in peril
07 Apr 09
The Paraguayan state is failing to adequately protect the rights of its Indigenous Peoples, forcing many to live in misery and effectively condemning some to death, Amnesty International has said.
Bolivia, Chile: authorities closer to initial agreement regarding Silala waters
07 Apr 09
Bolivia and Chile are close to drawing up an initial agreement regarding the use of the Silala waters, following a meeting in Chilean capital Santiago on 3 April 2009.
Colombia: Uribe appoints new environment, housing, territorial development minister
07 Apr 09
Colombian President Álvaro Uribe has appointed Carlos Costa Posada as the country's new environment, housing and territorial development minister.
Peru: Congress approves water law
23 Mar 09
Peruvian legislators approved the country’s new water law after eight years of debate, congress reported in a release. Under the new law, water is guaranteed as a human right and cannot be bought and used as private property.
Nicaragua, Lake Managua: for 82 years the world’s biggest toilet
23 Mar 09
Nicaragua has started to clean up the huge source of water in this country, after dumping its untreated wastewater into Lake Managua for more than 80 years.
Dominican Republic, Mexico: decentralisation of water services and water resources management
23 Mar 09
The Dominican Republic’s water and sanitation authority Inapa and the Spanish international cooperation agency for development (AECID) have launched a joint project to decentralise rural potable water and sanitation systems in San Juan province, the presidential office said in a release.
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