Bolivia: Protection for isolated Indians 17 2006-11-23T00:00:00+00:00 1164240000 2044 12 en_en 3 The Bolivian government has created a reserve especially for isolated Indians.<br /><br />The reserve, created to protect the isolated Toromona tribe, is almost 19,000 sq km, and prohibits all logging activity, oil exploration and mining.<br /><br />Bolivia&#39;s neighbour, <a href="../../../../../news.php?id=2041">Peru</a>, has created a number of reserves especially for isolated Indians, but they are all overrun by either illegal loggers or threatened by oil and mining concessions and new roads.<br /><br />It is estimated there are about 15 different isolated tribes living in Peru, but encounters with loggers mean there are deaths every year.<br /><br />Survival&#39;s Director, Stephen Corry, said today, &#39;Survival congratulates the government of Bolivia on the creation of this reserve for isolated Indians and urges it to enforce protection on the ground. This move should act as a spur to its neighbour, Peru, to remember its most vulnerable citizens and come to their aid.&rsquo;<br /><br /><br /> 1164302603 2044 9 9 2006-11-23T00:00:00+00:00 The Bolivian government has created a reserve especially for isolated Indians. The reserve, created to protect the isolated Toromona tribe, is almost 19,000 sq km, and prohibits all logging activity, oil exploration and mining. 0 3 2044 -1 2006-11-23T17:23:23+00:00 Bolivia: first indigenous president inaugurated 17 2006-01-22T00:00:00+00:00 1137888000 1344 9 en_en 3 Aymara Indian Evo Morales was inaugurated as President of Bolivia today, making him that country&#39;s first-ever indigenous president. <br /> <br /> Mr Morales won 54% of the popular vote in elections in December 2005. <br /> <br /> &#39;I wish to tell you, my Indian brothers, that the 500-year indigenous and popular campaign of resistance has not been in vain,&#39; he told supporters. <br /> <br /> Mr Morales&#39; official inauguration came a day after traditional ceremonies at the ancient Incan site of Tiwanacu where, barefoot and dressed in a red tunic, Mr Morales said, &#39;Today begins a new era for the native peoples of the world.&#39;<br /> <br /> Mr Morales&#39; victory is the latest sign of Indians&#39; increasing visibility in public life across Latin America since the 1970s, as the indigenous movement has gained in strength. 1138028835 1344 9 9 2006-01-22T00:00:00+00:00 Aymara Indian Evo Morales was inaugurated as President of Bolivia today, making him that country's first-ever indigenous president. http://bit.ly/2lpTHq 0 3 1344 -1 2009-08-31T12:17:59+01:00