...Bechtel Corp. has dropped a $25 million dispute against the Bolivian government for canceling a water contract, after major street demonstrations forced a Bechtel-owned subsidiary [Aguas del Tunari] to withdraw from Bolivia's third-largest city...The Bolivian government took over the water concession after thousands of residents protested water rates that increased reportedly by as much as 200 percent. In ensuing clashes with the army, a 17-year-old protester was shot to death and hundreds were injured.