Category: Brazil

Behind the World Water Forum’s public posture as a trade expo and an educational exchange among water advocates lies a labyrinth of political intrigue and corporate cronyism. Corporate interests that make up the World Water Council are in constant contact with the World Bank and other financial institutions; each Forum pretends to be a quasi-United Nations event, to the extent of issuing a Ministerial Statement at the Forum’s close promoting global policy approaches to water and sanitation. Read More & Leave A Comment >>

In an especially passionate display of concern over food safety today, Food & Water Watch activists courted the chocolate giant Hershey’s to their side, asking them to give U.S. consumers the same assurances about not using genetically modified (GM) sugar in their Hershey’s Kisses™ the Brazilians receive. Read More & Leave A Comment >>