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About 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)

Articles by Oscar R. Olivera

Friday 26th June

Diplomatic deadlock as wrangle over Indian dam continues

Oscar R. Olivera, 26 June 2009

This week in Bangladesh, India remains adamant that its controversial hydro-electric project bordering Bangladesh’s northeast will go ahead. Alleged war criminals are finally charged as the War Trials process gets underway. The BNP is thrown into chaos as moves to reorganise its grassroots base backfire.

Sunday 12th September

America's promise

Oscar R. Olivera and Jim Shultz, 12 September 2004

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.