Bolivian minister resigns in protest over crackdown

AFP , Monday 26 Sep 2011

Bolivia's defence minister resigned on Monday in protest over a police crackdown on a march by indigenous groups opposed to a planned highway through a rainforest reserve.

In a letter to leftist President Evo Morales, Cecilia Chacon said, "I do not agree with the intervention in the march and I cannot justify the measure when other alternatives existed."

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