Bolivian protesters use official as shield

Amazonian indigenous groups in Bolivia have staged massive protests for more than a week against a government highway project imposed on their land.

In an unusual tactic recently used to avoid violent police attempts to crush the protests, demonstrators forced David Choquehuanca, the country's foreign minister, to march against the project with them against his own will.

While the government says the road is being built because its needed for development, the natives fear an invasion of settlers and are struggling to maintain their nature preserve.

Azhar Sukri reports.

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[JoyWolfWoman]

Unfortunately most governments are in the hands of greedy power hungry people controlled by the wealthy corporations. They consider materialism, progress. The indigenous people are normally Spiritual people. They live close to the land, without harming it. When will modern man, realize that materialism corrupts and destroys all, especially nature? Why does modern man want to steal? If these people wanted modern life, they would move to the cities. They want their traditional ways.

[povertyincanada]

@WinkyMaeve well better live in the 1800s or even the 800s I wish i could live in that time at least they did not have fluoride in the water GM food chemtrails and mandatory mercury vaccines ....in the schools they taught you that we live better now , the reality is the humanity has never been as miserable as it is now , our forefathers were happier saner healthier and smarter ....

[t000000000MUCH21]

Fuck the stupid Indians from bolivia their not Bolivian but natives riot police should shoot them all

[tipakaesy21]

que feos =))) so ugly people...good!!!

[HelmetVanga]

@forgrthandstands The people united will never be defeated.

[SPS148669]

@povertyincanada

Just stop trolling this video and stick to "Cree" videos.

[SPS148669]

@kylewatson23

This is the first case of more Advanced Native American "Nazism" agaist less advanced Native Americans not seen since Colombus landed on this soil.

[SPS148669]

The modern day Inca Native Americans run the Bolivias Government who wish to rebuild the Empire in modern form like the Asians did. They now go up agaisnt the less advanced Native American so you can think of it like a Native American version of China vs Tibet. Evo Morales is also starting to become a Native American Alberto Fujimori. First it was the Japanese who were Imperialist and now the Inca decents are like "It's now our turn"

[HalfFullYeah]

@povertyincanada

You must have liked «The Matrix»... TV and Internet are double edge swords : they can «enslave» us as much as they can «free» us. Think WikiLeaks for an obvious example. Mass culture is cheap, but we still have gems that open the mind.

Freedom of speech let YOU write your comments : is every comment «perversion and idiocy»?

Who are the «real masters» of the world? NWO?

Me in jail for my opinions? The media will tell the world.

Cheers!

[povertyincanada]

@HalfFullYeah it is not that there slaves , the whole humanity is in a state of slavery and you cannot run away from , Tv and the media are just there to keep the slaves in a state of hypnotism thinking they are free while in fact they are born into slavery and will likely spend their whole lives as slaves....you have freedom of speech only to express perversion and idiocy , talk about the real masters of the world and they will call you anti...and throw you in jail forever ,