The killing of an indigenous leader fuels the debate about mining in protected areas in Bolivia

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The state claims that the murder was for “a personal altercation,” but other activists point out that it is not an isolated case, but another episode of the intimidation of illegal mining against peasants.

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LA PEACE – An atmosphere of tension is lived in the original Leco people, submerged in the immense Madidi National Park, in the northwestern Amazon of Bolivia, by the threats of people interested in exploiting the region’s gold wealth against nature defenders. “Keep (denunciating); inside (in the jungle) we see ourselves...”, [...] This Amazonian Indigenous article in Bolivia cries out for protection after murder of a leader was originally publi…