THIS Is "Governing By Obeying The People" - Bolivia cancels controversial Amazon highway

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Source: Raw Story/AFP

Bolivia cancels controversial Amazon highway

By Agence France-Presse
Sunday, October 23, 2011

LA PAZ — Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Friday he was scrapping a hugely controversial plan to build a highway through an Amazon ecological reserve that has triggered widespread protests.

Morales told reporters he had sent an amendment to Congress, controlled by government supporters, halting plans for the road through the Isiboro Secure National Park and Indigenous Territory (TIPNIS).

“Therefore, the issue of the TIPNIS has been resolved,” Morales said. “This is governing by obeying the people.”

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The decision also “declares the TIPNIS an untouchable zone,” which strengthens protection against oil and gas mining and logging in the area, and also allows police to remove any outsiders that may enter the zone.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/23/bolivia-cancels-controversial-amazon-highway/

[panader0]

1. "governing by obeying the people."

Yes. K&R

[patrice]

2. Wahe Guru!!