Latin Pulse - Water Crisis

(Latin Pulse: May 19, 2008) Encompassing both glaciers and the Amazon basin, Latin America remains one of the biggest sources of fresh water in the world. Yet drinking water is scarce and for some it's a luxury. Will there be a battle for fresh water in the future? And if it runs out, what other alternatives are there?
En Español
La vida sobre la tierra no puede existir sin ella, sin embargo el agua se toma por dada.
Se ha dicho que en el futuro el agua es como el petróleo, es un recurso natural sin el cual no podemos vivir, a diferencia del petróleo no hay conocidas alternativas para reemplazar el agua potable.
Latino América con sus glaciares y el río Amazonas posee uno de los recursos más grandes de agua dulce en el mundo. A pesar de todo el agua es escasa y para algunos en un lujo.
¿Habrá una guerra por el agua potable en el futuro, y sí se acabara que otras alternativas hay?
GUESTS:
Alan Snitow, Documentary Filmmaker & Writer "Thirst"
Alan's films include the award-winning "Thirst," "Secrets of Silicon Valley", and "Blacks and Jews." Snitow was a producer at the top-rated KTVU-TV News, the Bay Area Fox affiliate, for 12 years. Before that, he was the News Director for eight years at the Bay Area's Pacifica Radio station, KPFA-FM, winning the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Gold Award for Best Local Newscast. Snitow was a Board member of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters and President of the Board of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. He is currently a Board member of the Film Arts Foundation and a member of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. He is a graduate of Cornell University.
"Thirst" investigates eight recent high-profile controversies over the corporate takeover of water in the United States and illuminates how and why ordinary people are fighting back both here and abroad.
Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch
Wenonah is the executive director of Food & Water Watch. She has worked extensively on energy, food, water and environmental issues at the national, state and local level. Experienced in developing policy positions and legislative strategies, she is also a skilled and accomplished organizer, having lobbied and developed grassroots field strategy and action plans. From 1997 to 2005 she served as Director of Public Citizen's Energy and Environment Program, which focused on water, food, and energy policy. From 1996 to 1997, she was environmental policy director for Citizen Action, where she worked with the organization's 30 state-based groups. From 1989 to 1995 she was at the Union of Concerned Scientists where as a senior organizer, she coordinated broad-based, grassroots sustainable energy campaigns in several states. She has an M.S. in Applied Anthropology from the University of Maryland.
Abel Mejía, Gerente Corporativo de Agua, World Bank
Gonzalo E. Mejia, Director & Producer, Bananas Films