Bechtel's at it again.

The same corporation that spurred the infamous "Water Wars" in my home country Bolivia in 2000 thinks that it can get away with the same irresponsible tactics, this time in the neighboring country of Ecuador. We say, no way.

I lived through Bechtel's water management in Cochabamba in 2000, and I'm watching history repeat itself. Bechtel, a U.S. corporation based in San Francisco, has cut off water services from poor people, dumped raw sewage into rivers, and provided residents with contaminated water, leading to an outbreak of Hepatitis A in 2005. It's all part of a 30-year privatization scheme in Ecuador's largest city, Guayaquil, that Bechtel started just six months after being kicked out of my country.

But Ecuadorians are saying, "Enough!" They will not permit Bechtel to flee without taking responsibility for this disaster. And we can help. The Ecuadorian regulatory agency recently fined Bechtel's water company $1.5 million for violating its contract. And more than 10,000 Guayaquil residents have signed a letter to Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa protesting the poor services.

Can you add your voice by sending a letter to Bechtel's CEO, Riley Bechtel?

He needs to know that the world supports Ecuadorians defending their right to clean, affordable water.

When Bechtel tripled water rates for poor Bolivians and criminalized the catching of rainwater, the world responded. Thousands of people from dozens of countries sent letters to the corporation and rallied outside its San Francisco headquarters. In 2000, Bechtel left Bolivia under pressure.

Now history seems to be repeating itself in Ecuador. Tell CEO Riley Bechtel not to make the same mistake twice.

Click here to learn more about Bechtel's presence in Ecuador.