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Bolivians protest road construction
Indigenous Bolivians set off on a month-long march to La Paz to protest plans to build a road through the Amazon reserve
Last Modified: 29 Apr 2012 01:53



Hundreds of indigenous people in Bolivia have kicked off a 580km march from the Amazon region to the seat of government in La Paz.

The protest adds to a string of others confronting the president for his continued support of a construction project that will see a road built through the Amazon reserve.

Al Jazeera's Roger Wilkison reports.
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