Emily Achtenberg writes for NACLA: Why is Evo Morales Reviving Bolivia’s Controversial TIPNIS Road? Six years after massive protests halted plans for a proposed highway through the TIPNIS, Bolivian President Evo Morales has promulgated a new law “de-protecting” the reserve and allowing construction of the road. On August 13, President Evo Morales promulgated a new…
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Bolivian government doesn’t listen to the people, especially not indigenous people!
Catholic News Service reports for Catholic Herald: Bishops clash with Evo Morales over protection of indigenous land Bolivian bishop says: ‘The government doesn’t listen to the people, especially not indigenous people’ Church leaders in Bolivia are opposing a controversial new law that strips protection from a national park and indigenous territory. The measure, signed into…
Bolivia’s Morales Goes Down an Ugly Road
Mac Margolis reports for Bloomberg View: Bolivia’s Morales Goes Down an Ugly Road A superhighway linking the Andes with the Amazon may hurt indigenous groups and help coca growers. President Evo Morales is a Bolivarian success story. While Latin America’s marquee populist brand has lost its charm in much of the region, Bolivia’s caudillo soldiers…
Collective claims six reasons to reject the TIPNIS road
Lorena Rojas reports for Pagina Siete: Collective claims six reasons to reject the TIPNIS road They consider that the Government is trying to implement an unviable development model that will affect the indigenous peoples who live in the park. The civic platform A New Opportunity raised at least six reasons, “of national importance and implication”,…
Bolivia approves controversial highway in Amazon biodiversity hotspot
Dan Collyns reports for The Guardian: Bolivia approves controversial highway in Amazon biodiversity hotspot Major 190-mile road will strip national park and home to thousands of indigenous people of its protected status, making it vulnerable to deforestation. Bolivia has given the go ahead to a controversial highway which would cut through an Amazon biodiversity hotspot…
Indigenous of the TIPNIS declared themselves in alert because of a change in the law
Miguel Melendres reports for El Deber: Indigenous of the TIPNIS declared themselves in alert because of a law Proponents of the TIONIS declare emergency and ask for support. Officials from the Indigenous Territory and Isiboro Sécure National Park (TIPNIS) declared themselves in emergency due to the approval of the Amazon Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, the…
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