Describe the popular struggle of Bolivia.

(A) Bolivia is a poor country in Latin America. The World Bank pressurised the government to give up its control of municipal water supply.

(B) The government sold these rights for the city of Cochabamba to a multi-national company (MNC). The company immediately increased the price of water by four times.

(C) This led to a spontaneous popular protest. The government agreed to negotiate, and the strike was called off but nothing happened.

(D) Another strike followed in April and the government imposed martial law. 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 protesters.