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Weekly Report - 18 June 2015 (WR-15-24)
BOLIVIA: Revival of an old battle
Alex Ferrier, the new governor of the eastern department of Beni, announced last week that he would promote the Villa Tunari-San Ignacio de Moxos highway through a local indigenous territory and national park, Isiboro Sécure (Tipnis) linking Beni and Cochabamba department. The announcement by Ferrier, who won an unprecedented victory in the 3 May run-off for President Evo Morales’ Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) in what was traditionally an opposition bastion [WR-15-19], came days after Morales said that the project would be going ahead. This would appear to reignite what has been a major source of unrest for the MAS government.
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