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Bolivian Activist Oscar Olivera on Bechtel's Privatization of Rainwater and Why Evo Morales Should Remember the Ongoing Struggle Over Water

Bolivian Activist Oscar Olivera on Bechtel's Privatization of Rainwater and Why Evo Morales Should Remember the Ongoing Struggle Over Water

Leading Bolivian activist, Oscar Olivera joins us in our firehouse studio to talk about the ongoing struggle over water in Cochabama and the successful fight against the privatization of water by Bechtel six years ago. Olivera says, “If that uprising in 2000 had not ended in a popular victory, Evo Morales today would not be the president.” [includes rush transcript]

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