Jim Shultz
Jim Shultz wrote this article for YES! Magazine. Jim is the founder and executive director of The Democracy Center. He lives in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and helped lead the global citizen action campaign that forced Bechtel to drop its $50 million legal case against Bolivia in 2006. Follow Jim on Twitter @jimshultz.
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