Weekly Report - 06 August 2009 (WR-09-31)

The government of President Evo Morales is facing protests over plans to resettle landless families in the opposition Amazonian region of Pando. Morales insists the move is in line both with the new constitution - which aims to redistribute land to the indigenous poor - and a wider resettlement plan in place since 2006. His opponents claim otherwise, arguing the initiative is political, with a view to general elections in December.