Union Denies Alleged Benefits Of Privatizing Prasa

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Union Denies Alleged Benefits Of Privatizing Prasa

April 24, 2002
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SAN JUAN — Puerto Rican Workers Union President Victor Villalba took credibility away from the analysis conducted by the Price Waterhouse consulting firm that recommended the privatization of the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (Prasa).

According to Villalba, Prasa’s operating contract should remain in the government’s hands so that client services do not continue to be affected as they are now, while the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency continues finding faults in treatment plants.

The leader criticized Wednesday the privatization plans, which he said form part of the economic current called neoliberalism that is leaving many countries such as Argentina in crisis.

The analysis, revealed Tuesday in published reports