Marcela Olivera

Coordinadora de Defensa del Agua y de la Vida; Federation of Factory Workers, Cochabamba, Bolivia

Bio

Marcela Olivera manages and consolidates international networks for the Coordinadora de Defensa del Agua y de la Vida and the Federation of Factory Workers in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Featured Work

JUN 19, 2003 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 9 (Spring 2003): Making Human Rights Work in a Globalizing World: Articles: Winning the Water War

Olivera and Viaña recount how Bolivians mobilized a successful campaign to overturn the government’s decision to privatize their local water system.