In the past 17 months, the Morales government has been confronted with two protest marches by indigenous peoples defending their right to be consulted on the construction of a highway that will join the cities of Cochabamba and Trinidad. The highway, with financial backing from the Brazilian government and companies, will divide the protesters’ territory, which is a protected national park (the Isiboro-Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory, or TIPNIS).