La Paz, 11 sep (EFE).-human rights organizations and leaders of the ethnic groups in Bolivia today warned about the risk of a violent clash between the indigenous peoples that they star in a protest March in the Amazon and the President of the country, Evo Morales, followers peasants blocking them the passage.

“The risk of a confrontation, unfortunately, is imminent”, EfE today the President of the private Permanent Assembly of human rights, Yolanda Herrera, whose institution gives humanitarian assistance to the indigenous March which rejects the decision to Morales to build a road through a park natural.

Indians, who began their walk in the Amazon region the past August 15 are in the community “The ambushed”, 25 km from the village of Yucumo, where peasant groups supporting the Government blocked a road to stop the March.

Herrera remarked that there is “a scenario of high level of concern” and the Prosecutor’s offices of the departments of La Paz and Beni (northeast) sent prosecutors Yucumo to avoid “that ignites a spark that causes a disaster” in the coming hours

Government (Interior) Ministry moved to the region hundreds of police officers, and representatives of the Office of the Ombudsman have also traveled to the area, located about 250 kilometers northeast of La Paz, to avoid possible clashes.

Indigenous peoples are opposed to the construction of over 300 km road funded by Brazil that will cross the territory Indígena Parque Nacional Isiboro Sécure (Tipnis) for the environmental damage that it will cause and because they are afraid to promote the invasion of the area of the producers of coca, base to manufacture cocaine.

The Guarani indigenous leader Celso Padilla told reporters that if farmers blocking the way provoke them and offend them, be they would defend, and insisted that the Government will be responsible for what happens because pro-Government leaders organized the blockade.

Rafael Quispe Aymara requested, through the press, that United Nations and the people’s advocate are present in Yucumo when it comes to the indigenous in the next few hours March

“Are not mice to fall into the trap we want to aim at Yucumo, why we want that the seers are our guarantors”, Quispe told the daily La reason.

Blockers in Yucumo, René Huasco, peasants leader today, called by radio Erbol, at that location arising a new meeting between the Government and the ethnic groups to settle the dispute through dialogue.

Ministers of Morales and indigenous leaders have tried six times negotiate but they reached no results, because Morales maintained their decision to make the road in the Tipnis.

The Minister of the Presidency, Carlos Romero, told state media that he hoped that there will be no confrontation because, in its discretion, Yucumo villagers try to support dialogue, although he stressed the preventive presence of police forces. EFE