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Santiago, Chile – Greenpeace Andino, along with MODATIMA womenMODATIMA La Ligua, the Sibelius Music Academy Finlandartistic community center Cecrea and La Ligua MuseumShe has the song "Caudale de Resistance', which translates to 'River of Resistance', an intercultural project reflecting the water crisis in Chile. Lack of access to water affects a million people in Chile, whose use is not guaranteed, despite being the only country in the world that constitutionally recognizes the private right to water.
Jao Matos Lopes, drummer at the Sibelius Academy of Finland:
"When you go out and observe the lack of water, look at the dry soil and the leafless trees, it's very shocking. Expressing this experience in a collaborative and creative way makes me very humbled as I am able to communicate through music as a way of struggle and hope.”
In Petorca, a town 151 km north of Santiago, a collection of artists, environmentalists from Finland, Portugal, Estonia and Colombia, together with the local community, tried to answer the question of how to spread the word about the drought; how to listen to the earth and rivers that no longer exist to create a fusion of pop music with a strong presence of folkloric roots urban resources and rap protest soundscapes.
Estefanía González, Greenpeace campaign coordinator:
“We deliver this song with the certainty that these kinds of initiatives bring value to art in activism and collaboration between different cultures and countries. To amplify the voices of the movement for water reclamation and protection, created and sung by the same people who suffer from the problem of water scarcity, in a single action.”
“This song was born in a reality where Chile is currently the only country in the world to establish private ownership of water on a constitutional scale; This has not allowed the implementation of effective solutions to the water crisis that affects millions of people today. The human right to water is not guaranteed in the current constitution, neither is the protection of water cycles nor the prioritization of uses. Ownership of water is consecrated only in a context where only 2% of all water in the country is used for human drinking water consumption and the remaining 98% is used for large productive activities. So it's important that people listen to this collective call and vote."
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