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September 27, 2011

Bolivia's Morales Halts Road Project amid Mass Protests, Violent Crackdown 
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Bolivian President Evo Morales has halted construction on a road project
through a national park and indigenous land following more than a month
of protests. A young child reportedly died from tear gas inhalation, as
police executed a harsh crackdown on demonstrators. The clashes came
after a 41-day indigenous-led march against the government-supported
plan to construct a highway connecting Brazil to Pacific ports in Chile
and Peru. Bolivian Defense Minister Cecilia Chacón resigned in protest
of the Morales administration's handling of the crackdown. Sebastian
Quispe is an indigenous leader in Bolivia.

Sebastian Quispe, Bolivian indigenous leader: "The President is behaving
exactly like our murderers, our oppressors. He should know that his
people, from the highlands, the indigenous people, are going to topple
him. We are going to make him fall."



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