Alright, this news is a few weeks old but Morales was a key leader in this movement back in 2000 and is a major victory for ordinary Bolivian people that shouldn't go unnoticed. Not to mention, with the NYTimes yesterday fixating on Evo's sweater,
it pays to mention how he is radical in something other than his choice of dress as a politician.

Historic Victory: Bechtel Vs. Bolivia

The Cochabamba water revolt, which began exactly six years ago this month, will end this morning when Bechtel, one of the world?s most powerful corporations, formally abandons its legal effort to take $50 million from the Bolivian people. Bechtel made that demand before a secretive trade court operated by the World Bank, the same institution that coerced Bolivia to privatize the water to begin with. Faced with protests, barrages of e-mails, visits to their homes, and years of damaging press, Bechtel executives finally decided to surrender, walking away with a token payment equal to thirty cents. That retreat sets a huge global precedent.