According to this Spanish-language blog post from Dr. Daniel Robison, the Vice President claims that "Those who oppose us to make roads are traitors to Bolivia, those people who do not want us to do dams do not want Bolivia to move forward ... they are alert against those people who want our Bolivia to continue to be dismembered by other countries." "When we wanted to make a road to Tipnis, they didn't let us make a road, as they don't want to let us make roads north of La Paz, as they don't want to let us make our El Bala dam.. On January 24, 2017, the Vice President at a press conference announced that the energy that would be generated in “El Bala” would no longer be only for Brazil but also for Chile [12]. “When we have the Bala working or have part of Rositas working, Bolivia is presented in the market of Chile and Brazil with a great offer of large energy volumes and very good prices.” The Vice President describes the opponents of the dams as traitors and right-wing people. But in reality those who oppose more, with very good reasons, are the people of the 46 communities and 5 Community Land of Origin that would be directly affected by the flooding that will cause the two proposed dams, Chepete and Bala.” You can read the entire blog post here.