“The need to preserve the historical memory and defend the democratization process in Brazil and the region”, International Sociological Association’s Social Justice & Democratization Space, 30 March 2016. Read it here. Published in Spanish by the Latin American Sociological Association (ALAS), read it in Spanish here. Published in Portuguese by the Political-Social Platform, University of Campinas, Brazil, read it in Portuguese here.
“Poverty and lack of essential water and sanitation systems are paramount in the outbreak of the Zika virus” (in English, Spanish, and Portuguese). An interview by the European Commission on the contributions made by the DESAFIO Project to the topic. Brussels, February 2016. Read it here.
“The right to water faces challenges” (in Portuguese). An interview with José Esteban Castro, Léo Heller, and Maria da Piedade Morais, editors of the book The Right to Water as Public Policy in Latin America: a Theoretical and Empirical Exploration (in Portuguese). Desafios do Desenvolvimento (Challenges of Development), periodical of the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brasilia, Brazil, Vol. 12, No 84, October 2015. Read it here.
“The right to water” (in Portuguese). An interview with José Esteban Castro and Maria da Piedade Morais, editors of the book The Right to Water as Public Policy in Latin America: a Theoretical and Empirical Exploration (in Portuguese). Panorama IPEA, TV Programme of the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brasilia, Brazil, September 2015. Watch it here.
“Social inclusion can be achieved through public management of water and sanitation services” (in Portuguese). An interview by Brazil’s National Association of Municipal Sanitation Services (ASSEMAE). Brasilia, 23 September 2015. Read it here.
“Socio-Ecology: Contradictions and Opportunities in the Struggles for Better Futures”, Blog Series of the International Sociological Association (ISA). Vienna, August 2015 Read it here.
“Universal access to water is about democracy” (in English and Spanish). Blog Series on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Newcastle University Institute for Sustainability. Newcastle upon Tyne, 3 June 2015. Read it here. An edited version was also published in Brazil (in Spanish) as “El acceso al agua en la Agenda de Desarrollo Post-2015: un desafío al proceso democrático”, Political-Social Platform, University of Campinas. Campinas, Sao Paulo, 22 June 2015. Read it here.
Interview on the theme of the VI Annual Meeting of the WATERLAT-GOBACIT Network, Water, Violence and Utopias (in Spanish), Programme Civismo en Acción (Public Spirit in Action) of the Society for Public Improvements for Human Dignity and for the Social Construction of the Territory, Radio Caldas FM, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia, 29 October 2014. Listen to the interview here.
Report on becoming a member of the Mexican Academy of Science (AMC) (in Spanish), AMC’s Newsletter, Mexico City, 10 June 2014. Read it here.
Press Conference (in Spanish) as international observer in the Popular Audit of the Zapotillo Dam, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2 June 2014. Reproduced by Regeneration Radio FM. Listen it here.
“Water management in Latin America” (in Portuguese). Desafios do Desenvolvimento (Challenges of Development), periodical of the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brasilia, Brazil, Vol. 9, No 74, October 2012. Read it here.
Interview on the topic of the III Annual Meeting of the WATERLAT-GOBACIT Network “The struggle against water inequality and injustice in Latin America and the Caribbean” (in Spanish). Mexico City, October 2011. Watch it here.
“The war over water” (in Spanish). Interview by the School of Government, Government of the Province of Chaco. Resistencia, Argentina, March 2012. Watch it here.
“Confronting water injustice” (in several languages). Global Dialogue, Newsletter for the International Sociological Association (ISA), Vol. 1, Issue 5, 2011. Read it here.
“Introduction to political ecology” (in Spanish). Public Lecture 37. University Radio Public Lectures Series, Radio of the National University of Rosario (UNR). Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, 8 September 2010. Listen to the lecture here.
“Ethical, political, and social roots of the water crisis” (in Spanish). Interview by Bruno Geller, CyTA Agency, Leloir Institute, Argentina. Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 2009. Read it here.
“Water struggles in Latin America” (in Portuguese). Desafios do Desenvolvimento (Challenges of Development), periodical of the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brasilia, Brazil, Vol. 6, No 51, June 2009. Read it here.
“A water ethics for all” (in Spanish). Interview by Bruno Geller, CyTA Agency, Leloir Institute, Argentina. Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 2008. Read it here.
“Power, control, and conflicts over water” (in Spanish), 2nd International Forum Knowledge for Change, The Challenge of Adaptive Water Management in a Changing World, Round Table Water, Politics, and Social Conflicts. International University of Andalusia (UNIA), 21 October 2008. Watch it here.
“Water policy should get political”, in: Water, the ethics of efficiency: unpacking the problem. Food Ethics, Magazine of the Food Ethics Council, Vol. 3, Issue 1. Read it here.
“The poor consume little water, of poor quality, and at a higher price” (in Catalan). Interview by Sergi Picazo, in Llibre: La Indirecta. Una entrevista a l’esquerra (Llibre: the Indirect. An interview on the left), Barcelona, 6 April 2008. Read it here.
“Notes on the process of water commodification: an examination of privatization in historical perspective” (in Spanish), interview in Veracidade, Magazine of the Municipality of Salvador, Vol. 4, No 7, Bahia, Brazil, 2008. Reproduced in Ecological Marxism, Read it here.