Abstract:
In the course of this text, we will seek to apprehend the category of merchandise within Marxian theory, as a turning point for understanding the process of transforming water and basic sanitation into merchandise. Based on the Marxian critique of the capital system, the intention is to unveil the peculiarities of the privatization of the Basic Sanitation Company of Alagoas (Casal) and how this plasma as an element of deepening Latin America's economic dependence on the imperatives of the financial system and the guidelines international development agencies whose essential premise is to expand the mechanisms of accumulation through the plundering of water resources.
Keywords:
Merchandise; Transnational corporations; Water riches