La Paz, 26 Aug (EFE).-Bolivian Indians opposed to the construction of a road that will pass through a natural park today resumed its walk of protest among the Amazon and La Paz, to fail a new attempt to dialogue with the Government of President Evo Morales, official sources reported.

Minister of productive development, Teresa Morales, who was negotiating the beginning of the dialogue on the conflict in the Amazon region, he regretted that Indians resumed the March, despite the decision of the Executive to move up to place ten Ministers, half of the Government Cabinet, for talks.

Representatives of the ethnic groups in the East and West of the country began the protest on August 15 last and walked 110 miles to the town of Puerto San Borja, where they were four days waiting for concrete dialogue.

Ethnic groups, who demand to meet with President Morales, reject a road project that will cross the territory Indígena Parque Nacional Isiboro Sécure (Tipnis) to join the departments of Cochabamba (Center) and Beni (northeast).

“Leaders knew that they were going to get the ten Ministers and came to flee the place because they are avoiding the dialogue,” said the Minister, to ensure that this morning could have been installed the first five tables for dialogue with the authorities.

He added that leaders must take responsibility for the fate of two newborn babies and other children who are with their mothers in the mobilization that seeks to reach La Paz walking 500 miles during more than one month.

According to the high official, the “breaking of dialogue” by indigenous peoples will be discussed at the highest level in La Paz, where today will Ministers and negotiators from the Executive.

The President of the Confederation of the peoples indigenous peoples of the East (Cidob), Adolfo Chávez, today told the media, in its discretion, the Government had not guaranteed the presence of ten Ministers in port San Borja, but if finally all authorities travel to the Amazon now must go to the meeting of indigenous column.

The President Morales defends the road which will be financed by Brazil with the argument that it is key for integrating road, although indigenous people accuse him of wanting to promote with this route to their bases of coca producers in the area of the Chapare.

The representative has also been accused of contradicting his speech for the defence of “Mother earth” because the Tipnis is a jungle of 12,000 square kilometers, renowned for its rich diversity of fauna and flora. EFE