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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-11 11:37 AM
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Bolivia's Evo Morales suspends Amazon road project
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-15072166

Bolivian President Evo Morales has suspended work on a highway being built in the Amazon, amid a national furore over the way opposition to the road has been handled.

On Sunday police fired tear gas and rounded up hundreds of activists staging a march against the road.

A minister quit in protest and Mr Morales condemned the action when he announced the project's suspension.

He now says he will allow local regions to decide on the future of the road.
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