Cochabamba! Water War In Bolivia

Oscar Olivera is the executive secretary of the Cochabamba Federation of Factory Workers and spokesperson for the Coalition in Defense of Water and Life, that advocates local public control of water. Olivera successfully negotiated with the Bolivian government to cancel Cochabamba's water privatization contract with Bechtel, release people arrested during the protests, and have troops withdrawn from the city. Olivera, a native of Cochabamba and former shoe-factory worker, was honored as a 2001 Goldman Environmental Prize winner from Central/South America. In 2000, he won the Letelier-Moffit Human Rights Award, an award given by the Institute for Policy Studies to honor two IPS workers who were murdered by agents of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1976.Olivera, Oscar is the author of 'Cochabamba! Water War In Bolivia', published 2004 under ISBN 9780896087026 and ISBN 0896087026.