Protesters camp out in front of the government palace to
protest against the construction of the highway [Reuters]

President Morales cancels plans to build highway through a nature reserve after sustained protest from Amazon Indians . . . Morales did not abandon the idea of a highway through Bolivia linking Brazil with the Pacific coast, but said on Friday it would no longer cut through the pristine Isiboro-Secure Indigenous Territory National Park, or TIPNIS.
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