By Mauricio Quiroz Terán, El Deber; Eju.tv: With a one-year delay, over 7.3 million voters across the country have been authorized to elect 26 senior authorities of the Judicial Branch The third judicial election in Bolivia’s history will take place with a one-year delay and will be partial. Not all high-ranking authorities of the Judicial Branch…
Author: Bolivian Thoughts
Null for Nothing at All | Nulo para nada
By Alfonso Gumucio, Brujula Digital: We have a weak and contaminated Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE). The questioned electoral roll hasn’t been reviewed for years. There will be no poll watchers, no TREP, no voting in some departments, no social oversight, no photos of tally sheets at the end of the day, and no possibility of…
Bolivian grandmothers who raise, a task that never ends | Abuelas bolivianas que crían, una tarea que nunca acaba
By Esther Mamani, Vision 360: Research In Bolivian society, the work of grandmothers in raising and caring for their grandchildren is a widespread and overlooked practice because it entails a moral and physical burden as well as an economic contribution that is neither recognized nor valued. Specialists emphasize that the right to a dignified old…
Maximiliano Davila: Turned law enforcement into a cocaine trafficking machine | Convirtió la fuerza de la ley en una máquina de tráfico de cocaína
By Paulo Lizarraga, Vision 360: Drug Trafficking DEA concludes that Dávila used his position as anti-drug chief to fuel drug trafficking U.S. judicial authorities condemned in a report the “abhorrent” and “unsurprising” conduct of Bolivia’s former anti-drug czar, who is set to appear for the first time before the country’s justice system today. Dávila was…
Maximiliano Dávila: Exjefe antidrogas de evo, extraditado a USA | Former evo’s anti-drugs chief extradited to the US
Por CBS News: El exjefe antidrogas conocido como “Macho” extraditado desde Bolivia casi tres años después de que EE.UU. ofreciera una recompensa de $5 millones El exjefe antidrogas de Bolivia fue extraditado a Estados Unidos el jueves para enfrentar cargos federales por tráfico de drogas en un tribunal de Nueva York. Las autoridades informaron que…
“Mis Cuentas,” the app that simplifies bill payments in Bolivia | Mis Cuentas, la app que simplifica el pago de servicios en Bolivia
By Jorge Soruco, Vision 360: One of the most notable features of this tool is the Payment Cart The application, available for Android and iOS systems, was created by the Bolivian developer Síntesis with the aim of facilitating bill payments. An electricity bill, a payment that can be made through the application. PHOTO: From La…
