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  • Bolivia: Protection for isolated Indians
    23 November 2006 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.
  • Bolivia: Bolivia's first indigenous president inaugurated
    22 January 2006 Aymara Indian Evo Morales was inaugurated as President of Bolivia today, making him that country's first-ever indigenous president.