Indigenous people of La Paz announce "March for Land and Territory"

According to Los Tiempos, the Central of Indigenous Peoples of La Paz (Cpilap) plans to carry out a "March for the Land and the Territory" starting on May 10, “in search of legal security over their ancestral territories, respect for their rights and the rejection of extractivism.” The march is to “enforce respect for the ancestral territories of the indigenous peoples, who today are subjected to domination by intercultural so-called "new settlers." ", as well as the imposition of mining activities without properly made consultation.”

“Over the years the populations have grown and there are young people who do not have access to land such as the young people of the north of La Paz; some Community Lands of Origin such as the Tacanas II brothers have been demanding a territorial space for more than 20 years and the Government has not provided a solution…eight indigenous peoples have pending demands for titling, some compensation, while others do not have access to land, as in the case of the TCO Tacanas II, Esse Ejja, as well as Mosetenes communities by Kauka B.”