tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post3750486591350993486..comments2024-03-23T11:16:46.213-05:00Comments on El Salvador Perspectives: Water for El Salvador -- the Cochabamba sagaTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452039674856298357noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-58561594214875911362007-02-08T21:19:00.000-06:002007-02-08T21:19:00.000-06:00Tim, here is a link showing what can happen when g...Tim, here is a link showing what can happen when governments set prices low to help the poor. http://markinmexico.blogspot.com/<BR/>Scroll down to the February 8 posting about chicken feet. I´m not maligning the motive of helping the poor, but sometimes these things need to be thought out a little better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-34221904103484860882007-02-08T20:40:00.000-06:002007-02-08T20:40:00.000-06:00I remember reading about this issue. According to ...I remember reading about this issue. According to a source once Bachtel took over the "services improved" with the catch that there was a 200% rate increase along with a denial of subsidizing water to the poorest.<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://www.psiru.org/reports/Cochabamba.docAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-52340482024983428132007-02-08T12:13:00.000-06:002007-02-08T12:13:00.000-06:00I remember this case. I think I read it in The New...I remember this case. I think I read it in The New York Times or saw it on CNN, so it probably did get some coverage, but focused mainly on the street revolts and not on the issue.<BR/><BR/>This is a great post. Thank you.Jorge Ávaloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08173574715366250550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-48905265500604667142007-02-08T01:11:00.000-06:002007-02-08T01:11:00.000-06:00Tim, this was a great, well researched post. Than...Tim, this was a great, well researched post. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>The Leonard article is pretty factual, too, and very good, all things considered, but I found its conclusion utterly hilarious:<BR/><BR/>"He looks to a future, rather, where municipal water systems are owned by the communities and managed through the <B>horizontal democratic processes he learned from the Coordinadora</B>"<BR/><BR/>I'd love to see <I>any</I> successful logistics operation that has been managed by "horizontal democratic processes."<BR/><BR/>To that poor deluded soul: dream on, dude.El-Visitadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08823897085882597971noreply@blogger.com