'They lied': Bolivia's untouchable Amazon lands at risk once more | Myles McCormick

Locals blame coca interests for the state's broken promise on protecting Tipnis national park, biodiversity hotspot and home to thousands of indigenous peopleWhen Ovidio Teco's Amazon homeland was declared "untouchable" by the Bolivian government in 2011, his war had been won. The concerns of people like him had been listened to: their beautiful and ancient land would not be carved in two by a 190-mile highway. Continue reading...