Cochabamba We met Marcela Olivera of Food and Water Watch and squeezed into a taxi to go to the south of the city, where living is hardscrabble. There are over a 100 different water “communities” that have formed in the south to collectively finance, supervise, and deliver, as best they can within their own resources and …
Tag: Bolivia
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. …