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Two-month trek ends in La Paz

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Monday 24 October 2011 17:49 BST
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Cheering crowds greeted more than 1,000 indigenous protesters as they entered Bolivia's capital, La Paz, after a two-month march from the Amazon lowlands.

They were protesting against the construction of a road through the Amazon rainforest. The project has prompted accusations that President Evo Morales discriminates against Amazon indigenous groups in favour of highland Indians.

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