The Cochabamba Water War

Bolivia, just like most of the developing world, spent the end of the 20th century pursuing a neoliberal agenda to gain the benefits promised by wealthier nations. In 1999 that meant privatizing a city's water supply, and the people revolted. By mid-April 2000 the country's trajectory had changed. Why weren't Americans interested in the involvement of American interests? What is the path for improving the lives of Cochabamba residents? Is Tank Girl worth a rewatch?

Links!

• Leasing the Rain, PBS Frontline
• Timeline: Cochabamba Water Revolt
• ¡Cochabamba!: Water War in Bolivia by Oscar Olivera
• Jim Shultz's reports from Cochabamba
• "Leasing the Rain" by William Finnegan for the New Yorker

 

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