Bolivian Water War

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkb:political_party
protest
gptkbp:casualties several injured
at least one death
gptkbp:cause increase in water prices
privatization of water
gptkbp:country gptkb:Bolivia
gptkbp:dateOfProtests April 2000
February 2000
January 2000
gptkbp:endDate 2000
gptkbp:followedBy Bolivian gas conflict
gptkbp:hashtag #CochabambaWaterWar
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bolivian Water War
gptkbp:influenced Bolivian political landscape
global water activism
gptkbp:location gptkb:Cochabamba
gptkbp:mediaCoverage The Corporation (film)
Blue Gold: World Water Wars (film)
Crónicas (TV series)
Flow: For Love of Water (film)
gptkbp:notableCompany gptkb:World_Bank
gptkb:Bechtel_Corporation
gptkb:Aguas_del_Tunari
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Oscar_Olivera
gptkbp:notableOrganization gptkb:Coordinadora_de_Defensa_del_Agua_y_de_la_Vida
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:World_Bank
gptkb:Bechtel_Corporation
gptkb:Aguas_del_Tunari
gptkb:Bolivian_government
gptkb:Coordinadora_de_Defensa_del_Agua_y_de_la_Vida
gptkb:Oscar_Olivera
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Coordinadora_de_Defensa_del_Agua_y_de_la_Vida
Cochabamba residents
gptkbp:precededBy privatization of public utilities in Bolivia
gptkbp:relatedEvent Bolivian gas conflict
Latin American anti-globalization movement
gptkbp:result cancellation of water privatization contract
expulsion of Aguas del Tunari
return of water management to public control
gptkbp:significance influenced global water justice movements
symbol of resistance to privatization
gptkbp:startDate 1999
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Aguas_del_Tunari
Bolivian government (at first)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Latin_American_protest_movements
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7