Question

Describe bolivia water war and its consequences

Answer 1

Bolivia water war is actually the huge protest series by the people of bolivia against a government act. The government of bolivia privatize the water supply of the Bolivia in 1999 . As the result of the privatization ,the company holding the water supply rises the rate of water by few times . This cause the difficulties for the general public as the result people came out of the houses and protest in huge number against the privatization .

In the 2000 the huge strikes with the contribution of  labour human rights as well as the community leaders led the government  to cancel the agreement with the private company.

Answer 2

Under pressure from the World Bank, Bolivia was forced to privatize the water supply in Cochabamba that was the country’s third biggest city. This decision was not favorable among the people and gave way to a general strike in 2000. The strike marked a protest against privatizing water resources and the increase in water tariff because of the privatization.

Although the leader of the protestors Oscar Olivera was arrested, nationwide protests resumed and caused the government to call for a state of emergency. However, this did not stop the protests and resulted in many deaths. Finally, the government released the leader and an agreement was signed to end the concession.