“On Monday, October 17, 2016 there was a historic event on the beaches of the Beni River at the entrance to the narrow of the Bala (Figures 1 and 2). There, representatives of many indigenous communities met who would be affected by the construction and operation of a mega dam in the narrow Chepete and then another in the Bala. Present were 17 communities of the Tsimane, Mosetén, Tacana and Josesana ethnic groups, which are located downstream of the narrow Chepete, organized several years ago in the so-called Commonwealth of Communities. There were also representatives of the TCO Mosetén (upstream of Chepete) and people from CMILAP (Central of Indigenous Women of Northern La Paz) and CNAMIB (National Confederation of Indigenous Women of Bolivia).” See the rest of this Spanish-language blog here.