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Humberto Sánchez, MAS-IPSP candidate with a commanding lead for governor of Cochabamba, distances himself from Evo Morales with in pro-environmental closing argument of his campaign. opinion.com.bo/articulo/cochabamba/sanchez-pretende-coordinar-trabajos-municipios-dejar-lado-colores-politicos/20210303215729810051.html
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Sánchez addressed a range of urban and rural environmental issues, including the unresolved metropolitan dump and the TIPNIS highway as part of wide-ranging comments on his plans for governing.
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Sánchez pledges to support projects in all municipalities, regardless of the party in charge: "We have to get the political colors out of our minds, we must but the flag and colors of Cochabamba first."
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Re the TIPNIS highway, Sánchez proposes "other manners" of approaching the problem. "Lamentably in these times we have become destroyers of nature."
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Sánchez's TIPNIS remarks run counter to Evo Morales' promise on February 19 to complete the controversial highway through an indigenous territory if MAS wins the governorship in Beni and Cochabamba. @CarwilBJ/1363170433588228096
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The leading candidate for governor of Beni, Alejandro Unzueta, is also proposing that any highway should go outside of the Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory. facebook.com/BeniUnSoloCorazon/posts/114972897235448