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Oscar R. Olivera

Oscar R. Olivera is executive secretary of the Federation of Factory Workers in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He is also a spokesperson for the Coalition for the Defense of Water and Life, gathering workers, environmentalists, artisans, peasants, market vendors, neighbourhood organisations, and local governments struggling against the privatisation of Bolivia’s water supply. He is author of the forthcoming Cochabamba! Water Rebellion in Bolivia (South End Press, 2004)

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America's promise

Can the United States see its Latin American neighbours as equals not vassals? In the eighth of our Letters to Americans series, the Bolivian labour and anti-privatisation organiser Oscar Olivera writes to Jim Schultz, author of The Democracy Owners' Manual.