Først sagde præsidenten ja til vejen, så sagde han nej, derpå igen ja – men det vil sammenslutningen af indfødte folk i Andes-landets østlige del ikke finde sig i og står ud på 500 km lang march mod La Paz.
Hundreds of indigenous Bolivians have started a second long march in protest at government plans to build a road through the Tipnis national park, BBC online reports Friday.
They say the project would destroy their homeland in the Amazon forest. A similar march last year led President Evo Morales to cancel the project.
But he later backtracked after other communities said the road would bring economic development.
The protesters are again planning to walk for more than 500 km from the city of Trinidad, in the Amazon, heading for Bolivia’s main city, La Paz, high in the Andes. hoping to attract more supporters as they go.
The Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Eastern Bolivia (CIDOB) is aiming to repeat last year’s success when the group forced the Bolivian government to scrap the construction plan and to declare the Tipnis off limits.
But after coming under pressure from supporters of the highway, President Morales has signed new legislation giving all communities inside the park a vote on whether they want the road.
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http://www.ibis.dk/presse/showarticle.php?id=5018
