guest_writer 0 2004-12-19T00:00:00Z   Cochabamba, Bolivia -- Five years ago the issue of water privatization exploded here when massive public protests forced out the California engineering giant, Bechtel. Within weeks of taking over the city's public water company Bechtel hiked up rates by as much as 200%, far beyond what the city's poor could afford to pay. Now a new Bolivian water revolt is underway 200 mile... Jim 43045 false false false false 2004-12-19T00:00:00Z Shultz 6893 7213 0 1 Bolivia Water War the-second-water-war-in-bolivia-by-jim-shultz The Second Water War in Bolivia 2009-09-25T06:02:41Z 12395