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On 12 April 2000 when asked about the outcome in Bolivia, World Bank President James Wolfensohn maintained that free or subsidized delivery of a public service like water leads to abuse of the resource; he said, The biggest problem with water is the waste of water through lack of charging.

In Washington, D.C. at the 16 April 2000 IMF and World Bank meetings, protesters attempted to blockade the streets to stop the meeting. They cited the Water Wars in Bolivia as an example of corporate greed and a reason to resist globalization. Oscar Olivera attended the protests, saying, The people have recaptured their dignity, their capacity to organize themselves - and most important of all, the people are no longer scared.

On 23 April 2002 Oscar Olivera led 125 protesters to the San Francisco headquarters of Bechtel, the only member of Aguas del Tunari located in the Americas. Olivera said With the $25 million they are seeking, 125,000 people could have access to water. Bechtel officials agreed to meet him.

The victory gained the cocalero and campesino groups international support from anti-globalisation groups

On 19 January 2006 a settlement was reached between the Government of Bolivia (then under the Presidency of Eduardo Rodriguez Veltze) and Aguas del Tunari, it was agreed that the concession was terminated only because of the civil unrest and the state of emergency in Cochabamba and not because of any act done or not done by the international shareholders of Aguas del Tunari. With this statement both parties agreed to drop any financial claims against the other.

When no sitting judge would hear the case against Captain Robinson Iriarte, it was transferred to a military tribunal (that had final jurisdiction over which cases it hears). In March 2002, Captain Iriarte was acquitted by the tribunal of any responsibility for the death of Víctor Hugo Daza. After Iriarte's acquittal, he was promoted to the rank of major.

Another Cochabamba resident and activist during the unrest summed up her opinion of the situation by saying, afterwards, what had we gained? We were still hungry and poor.

The ambassador pointed out that since the case was brought before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes|ICSID, which is an arm of the World Bank, a conflict of interest arose in this affair.Mark Weisbrot, [http://risal.collectifs.net/article.php3?id_article=2298 Le CIRDI en ligne de mire : la Bolivie, le Venezuela et le Nicaragua claquent la porte], RISAL, 10 July 2007

The water supply issue in Bolivia was the main theme of the James Bond movie Quantum of Solace. The movie's story was inspired by the Cochabamba Water Revolt.Joshua Clover, [http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=quantum_of_phallus Cinema for a Grand New Game], Film Quarterly, Vol. 62, No. 4, Summer 2009.[http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/bolivia/timeline.html Timeline: Cochabamba Water Revolt], PBS.org

Even the Rain (Spanish: También la lluvia) is a 2010 Spanish drama film directed by Icíar Bollaín about filmmaker Sebastian (Gael García Bernal) who travels to Bolivia to shoot a film about the Spanish conquest of America. He and his crew arrive in 2000 during the tense time of the Cochabamba water crisis.

The Cochabamba protests were featured in the 2003 documentary film The Corporation (film)|The Corporation.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw5Fon_EjGw THE CORPORATION 18/23 Expansion Plan]. Official shareware version of the film on YouTube

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