3421 x 5250 px | 29 x 44,5 cm | 11,4 x 17,5 inches | 300dpi
Ort:
Tolpuddle Martyrs Rally, Tolpuddle, Dorset, England
Weitere Informationen:
Bolivian activist turned politician OSCAR OLIVERA addressing the TUC rally at the Tolpuddle Martyrs Memorial Day in Dorset Oscar Olivera is the executive secretary of the Cochabamba Federation of Factory Workers and spokesperson for the Coalition in Defense of Water and Life known as La Coordinadora The Coordinadora was at the forefront of a popular uprising in Cochabamba in 2000 against US multinational Bechtel who had taken over their water systems as an IMF imposed condition for debt relief As part of a corruptly negotiated deal Bechtel not only raised water rates sky high but also was able to take over communally constructed and managed water supplies run for centuries by its people The Coordinadora demanded that their water system should stay under local public control Thousand of citizens protested for weeks The Bolivian army killed one injured hundreds and arrested several Coalition leaders Olivera who had been forced into hiding emerged to negotiate with the government
