This week, Bolivia's president addressed the UN in a bid to overturn a ban on the chewing of coca leaves. Morales said he was not advocating the production of cocaine but rather wanted to protect the country’s cultural and medicinal heritage. In Mexico, being a journalist is a risky business. We meet the reporters learning to treat bullet wounds and deal with death threats. Finally we head to Ohio where we see firsthand the tragic consequences of the US housing meltdown.
Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Friday that he is scrapping a controversial plan to build a highway through an Amazon ecological reserve, after a massive protest march by indigenous people.
Bolivian President Evo Morales has offered to hold talks with indigenous protesters after they completed a grueling march from the Amazon to the capital city of La Paz in protest at plans to build a highway through their ancestral homeland.
Amazonian Indians campaigning against plans to build a road through a nature reserve. Web users in the Philippines report on the damage caused by Typhoon Nesat. And a video capturing all the high points of a Break dance festival in the Netherlands.
In today's international papers, we look at the prospect of a Tobin tax on financial transactions, women's (lack of) rights in Saudi Arabia, and a plane hijacker who was finally caught - after 40 years on the run.
There’s outrage in Bolivia after a heavy-handed crackdown on peaceful protesters campaigning to protect indigenous lands. In the US, the trial of Michael Jackson’s former doctor sheds light on the last, lonely days of a megastar. Finally, our correspondent follows Republican presidential hopeful Buddy Roemer on his campaign trail.
Bolivian President Evo Morales suspended plans to build a highway through a nature preserve where thousands of Amazon Indians make their home after clashes erupted between Indians and police during a protest march on Sunday.
Bolivian police on Monday freed hundreds of Amazon Indians arrested in a protest march against the proposed construction of a highway through a nature reserve, after local residents blocked runways to prevent them from being flown away.
Police used teargas and truncheons Sunday to disperse hundreds of Amazon Indians on a months-long march to the Bolivian capital La Paz to protest against the building of a highway through a forest reserve where Indians have lived for centuries.
This week, Environment comes to you to Essonne, one of the French regions scorching from summer temperatures in spring. As groundwater reserves dip to worrying lows, we meet local farmers to find out more. We also focus on China, where water from flood plains in the south is being rerouted north, and Bolivia, where drought is threatening the quinoa crop.
