The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Project has posted on social media:
“’Water is not a business; it cannot be commodified.’
@arcahhonduras [the Alternative for Community and Environmental Reclamation of Honduras] and other civil society organizations have staged a sit-in outside Tegucigalpa City Hall to oppose the privatization of water in the Central District.
They denounce the fact that these negotiations are taking place amidst a severe water crisis. Furthermore, they point out that the company involved in this privatization has faced international accusations regarding human rights violations in #Palestine.
As PBI, we reiterate that water is a common good essential for survival, and access to water is a fundamental human right.”
Media coverage
Criterio.hn reports: “Citizens and members of organizations defending access to water held a temporary sit-in in front of the offices of the Mayor’s Office of the Central District, in downtown Tegucigalpa, on Tuesday to reject the approaches of Mayor Juan Diego Zelaya with the Israeli company Mekorot for alleged advice on water issues.”
“On June 23, Zelaya admitted to Radio Progreso that he was holding talks with the Israeli company, after Criterio.hn published the article ‘Mekorot and water diplomacy, the Israeli model that could be expanded in Honduras,’ about the talks that the central government would be carrying out with the company.”
The article continues: “Through a statement, the demonstrators denounced the attempt to privatize the water service and rejected Mekorot’s entry into Honduras. The Israeli company has been accused of cutting off water supplies to the Palestinian population, in the context of what a commission of inquiry of the UN Human Rights Council described as genocide. In addition, he faces accusations for alleged cases of corruption in contracts signed with Latin American governments, they detailed in the statement.”
Photo by PBI-Honduras.
Accompaniment
Peace Brigades International has been accompanying ARCAH since September 2022. PBI-Canada coordinator Brent Patterson met Castillo in Tegucigalpa on October 28, 2024, then again on March 3, 2026.
Further reading: PBI-Honduras accompanies ARCAH protest in Tegucigalpa against Israeli water company Mekorot and the privatization of water (PBI-Canada, October 14, 2026).
