HUMR 1001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Debt Relief

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Humr exam prep: explain what gave rise to water protests in cochabamba, bolivia describe the tactics used by protesters, and assess whether their cause and actions were legitimate from a human rights point of view. It is the position of this essay that the cause behind the protests in cochabamba was a legitimate human rights issue. The privatization of water was carried out in an unethical manner, not involving the citizens to have a say in the changing of law and contracts signed with corporations. The protest was legitimate because the poorer population was being targeted for large corporations to financially gain, by taking something much needed for basic survival. The seeds of the protest were planted when the national bank had put pressure on bolivia to privatize their water resources. A large sum of six hundred million dollars of debt relief was to be withheld by world. Bank if bolivia did not follow through with privatizing water.