ACCESS TO DRINKABLE WATER: FROM COCHABAMBA'S SOCIAL MOVEMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL AGENDA
This dissertation proposes a study about the water conflict that took place in Cochabamba, Bolivia, in 2000, seeking to identify if it is connected with the international agenda of protection and guarantee of drinkable water. The research is justified by the relevance of water in the subjects of Water Security and Human Rights on International Relations, as well as the significance of social movements in the framing of international agendas. As a methodological basis, a review was made of the conflict from 1999 until the present, utilizing bibliographic references, scientific articles, books, and State and international organizations' official documents. The research aims to demonstrate, as a result, the influence of the Cochabamba social movements on the status of water as a common resource for the Plurinational Bolivian State, and how, from this national recognition, the Bolivian State acted at the framing of the right to access to drinkable water at the international organizations as the Organization of American States and the United Nations.