{"id":3938,"date":"2019-10-05T19:33:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T19:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/?p=3938"},"modified":"2019-10-05T19:33:39","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T19:33:39","slug":"indigenous-bolivians-demand-action-over-fires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/theamericasblog\/2019\/10\/05\/indigenous-bolivians-demand-action-over-fires\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous Bolivians demand action over fires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About 200 Bolivians, most of them members of an indigenous group from the Chiquitan\u00eda region, are taking part in a protest march to demand more action be taken to stop fires that have ravaged their area.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are urging President Evo Morales to declare a national emergency, after blazes destroyed large areas of forest as well as ranch land and farms, leaving many people destitute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-49609702\">Seven nations agree Amazon protection pact<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-49515462\">Is the world burning more than before?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Evo Morales has welcomed international aid but has stopped short of declaring a national emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this month, a Russian military plane capable of dropping large amounts of water on the fires, arrived in Bolivia and firefighters from Argentina have also been helping with the firefighting efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The worst-affected area is Chiquitan\u00eda, where the NGO Friends of Nature Foundation (FAN) estimates that 2.9 million hectares have been burned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of those taking part in the protest march are Chiquitanos indigenous group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They set off from San Ignacio de Velasco, a ranching hub, earlier this month and have been sleeping in makeshift camps along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The protesters say that if a national emergency was declared more aid would reach their areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;For us, the Chiquitanos, it&#8217;s painful because we are not going to have anything left,&#8221; protester Tom\u00e1s Candia told Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;That is why we are calling on the world (for help), for the government to declare a national disaster, to call for help for indigenous peoples, for territories and for protected areas,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Morales has come under criticism for passing a decree in July allowing farmers to carry out &#8220;controlled burning&#8221; to clear land for planting in the affected areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president, who is running for a fourth consecutive term in elections next month, has historically enjoyed the support of large parts of Bolivia&#8217;s indigenous population but the recent fires have undermined some of that support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 200 Bolivians, most of them members of an indigenous group from the Chiquitan\u00eda region, are taking part in a protest march to demand more action be taken to stop fires that have ravaged their area. 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