Cochabamba I had met Oscar Olivera in 2003 at the World Water Forum in Kyoto, Japan, but in the way of these things, it was a passing acquaintance at a meeting of unions who were fighting water privatization I attended along with Luis Isarra Delgado, our partner with the water workers of FENTAP in Peru, …
Month: September 2012
Not by Bread Alone: Art and Water in Bolivia
Cochabamba Our days in La Paz were never complete without a trip to or from El Alto, the city of a million on the top of the mountain, which made us acutely aware of the importance of this strategic location in the future of social movements and the very country. Meeting with Ivan Nogales, the director …
The Strongest Community Organization, Bartolina Sisas, and the Union of Lowlands Indigenous People
La Paz We were off to El Alto again for a meeting in the morning with the general secretary of FEJUVE, which is essentially is the largest civic association of united neighbors of El Alto. Arguably FEJUVE was not only the strongest community organization anywhere in the province of La Paz, but also the country. …