LatinNews Daily Briefing - 27 September 2011

Development: On 26 September President Evo Morales halted plans for the construction of a national highway through an indigenous territory (Tioc) and national park, Isiboro Sécure (Tipnis), and convened two referenda (date-unspecified) in the affected regions – Cochabamba and Beni – to determine whether the project should go ahead or not.

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