La Paz

By Gabriel Elizondo in Americas on October 18th, 2011

They are marching on.

More than 1,500 indigenous Bolivians in the final days of a remarkable 500km march across the country.

Final destination: The seat of the national government - La Paz.

Their message to Bolivian President Evo Morales: Stop the building of a controversial highway that would cut through their indigenous land.

A good overview of the Bolivian road project by Carwil Bjork-James can be found here

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The marchers are less than 40km from La Paz [Photo: Gabriel Elizondo] 
 
They are more than 60 days into this march.