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DE-PRIVATIZING THE RAIN LESSONS IN RESISTANCE

n 1999, when a subsidiary of the multinational Bechtel took over managing water services in Cochabamba, Bolivia – as part of a wave of privatizations in the country – tariffs were hiked, forcing most residents to pay a

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