El Deber website reports tonight the state of play in the dialogue government and indigenous groups regarding the road that intends to cut the TIPNIS in half; the road between Villa Tunari (Cochabamba) and San Ignacio de Moxos (Beni).

The meeting between the government and TIPNIS protest march has entered an intermission. Both sides have sent each other letters where they express their point of view.

The indigenous leaders have decided to call an interim break; the president for TIPNIS Sub-Central, Fernando Vargas said to the government: “You can go to work and come back when yo have all the work backed up by a law. We are going to declare an interim break and will reconvene after we reflect.”

The government still wants the dialogue and they say there are alternatives in the road; and also expressed their intention to discuss the other points in the agenda.

The indigenous protest walk group will also decide whether to continue with march, as in Yucumo (Beni),  there is a group of settlers that intend to block their pass, as those settlers do back-up the government and want the road.

http://www.eldeber.com.bo/2011/2011-09-04/vernotaahora.php?id=110904195544

The cost of the road needs to be clarified. Many analysts and politicians say it is excessively expensive, some say it could be the third most expensive road in the history of Bolivia. So, once both sides decide where the road will be built, the estimated cost of the road needs to be revised. Bolivian citizens demand transparency. Worldwide stakeholders demand the environment must be protected.