Νομίζατε ὅτι μόνον ἐμᾶς ἔπιασαν μαλάκες μέ τούς Ὀλυμπιακούς Ἀγῶνες καί τούς πληρώσαμε χρυσοῦς;

Ἡ νέα κυβέρνησις «μαριονέτα» τῆς Βραζιλίας ἐπιβάλλει τὴν ἰδιωτικοποίηση τοῦ νεροῦ γιὰ νὰ πληρωθοῦν οἱ Ὀλυμπιακοὶ Ἀγῶνες.

Μερικὲς ἑβδομάδες μετὰ τὴν «ἀνατροπή» (πραξικόπημα) τῆς Ντίλμα Ῥοῦσσεφ ἀπὸ συντηρητικοὺς κύκλους, ποὺ ὑποστηρίζονται ἀπὸ τὶς μεγαλύτερες ἑταιρεῖες τῆς χώραςε, ἡ νέα κυβέρνησις τῆς χώρας, ὑπὸ τὸν Μιχαὴλ Τέμερ, ὑπέγραψε ἕνα ἐπεῖγον δάνειο πρὸς τὴν πολιτεία τοῦ Ῥίο ντὲ Τζανέϊρο, ὥστε νὰ βοηθηθῇ στὴν χρηματοδότηση τῶν ὑποδομῶν γιὰ τοὺς Ὀλυμπιακοὺς Ἀγῶνες τοῦ 2016 καὶ συγκεκριμένα μιὰν γραμμὴ τοῦ μετρό, ποὺ συνδέει τὰ διάφορα μέρη τῶν ἀθλημάτων.

Ἡ ἀποπληρωμή του θὰ γίνη μὲ τὴν πώληση/ἰδιωτικοποίηση τῆς παροχῆς νεροῦ τῆς πολιτείας τοῦ Ῥίο, τῆς Companhia Estadual de Águas e Esgotos (Cedae).

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Brazil’s new government imposes Rio water privatisation to pay for Olympic Games

A few weeks after the May coup against Dilma Rousseff by conservative parties backed by the country’s largest corporations, Brazil’s “interim” government, led by Michel Temer, signed an emergency loan to the State of Rio de Janeiro to help finance infrastructure for the 2016 Olympics – in particular for a subway line connecting the sports venues. The bailout was conditional to selling off the State’s public water supply and sanitation company, the Companhia Estadual de Águas e Esgotos (Cedae).

When we interviewed City Councillor and chair of Rio’s Special Committee on the Water Crisis Renato Cinco, in December 2015, he was already warning against such privatisation threats and provided important background information on the water situation in Rio. We are releasing a transcription of the interview.

Brazil’s new government imposes Rio water privatisation to pay for Olympic Games

Rio de Janeiro governor declares state of financial emergency ahead of Olympics