Bio
Marcela Olivera manages and consolidates international networks for the Coordinadora de Defensa del Agua y de la Vida and the Federation of Factory Workers in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Featured Work
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JUN 19, 2003 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 9 (Spring 2003): Making Human Rights Work in a Globalizing World: Articles: Winning the Water War
Olivera and Viaña recount how Bolivians mobilized a successful campaign to overturn the government’s decision to privatize their local water system.