Oscar Olivera

{{Short description|Bolivian activist (born 1955)}} {{Infobox person |name = Oscar Olivera |birth_date = {{Birth year and age |1955}} |birth_place = Bolivia |death_date = |death_place = |image = |caption = |movement = |organization = La Coordinadora | awards = Goldman Environmental Prize (2001) }} '''Oscar Olivera Foronda''' (born 1955) is a Bolivian union leader who was one of the main leaders of the protesters against the water privatization in Bolivia. The result of these protests was an event known as the Cochabamba Water War. He was also one of the main leaders of the protests in the Bolivian gas conflict. He is also the head of a confederation of factory workers' unions.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/04/08/leasing-the-rain|title=Leasing the Rain|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=2018-11-21|language=en-US}}</ref>

Oscar Olivera was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2001.<ref name="goldman">Goldman Environmental Prize: [http://www.goldmanprize.org/node/150 Oscar Olivera] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207153640/http://www.goldmanprize.org/node/150 |date=2012-02-07 }} (Retrieved on November 10, 2007)</ref>

==In popular culture== Oscar Olivera's role in the Cochabamba Water War is featured in the 2008 documentary film ''Blue Gold: World Water Wars''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1a3tjqQiBI Blue Gold : World Water Wars (Official Full Length Film)] freely available on YouTube.</ref>

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