$$ullet$$ The government of Bolivia sold the right of municipal water supply of the city of Cochabamba to a multinational company.  $$ullet$$ The company immediately raised the price of water by four times which led to a popular protest and in January 2000. an alliance of labour, human rights and community loadors organised a successful four-day general strike in the city. $$ullet$$ The government agreed to negotiate and the strike was called off. Yet nothing happened. Instead of resolving the issue. the police resorted to brutal repression and the government imposed martial law.  $$ullet$$ But the power of the people forced the officials of the MNC to flee the city and made the government concede to all the demands of the protestors.  $$ullet$$ The contract with the MNC was cancelled and water supply was restored to the municipality at old rates. This camo to be known as Bolivia's water war.