By Javier Viscarra, El Dia: Bolivia is witnessing an uncomfortable, almost inevitable moment in which the old myth of the coca leaf is beginning to crack. A few decades ago the idea was nurtured that merely repeating “coca is not cocaine” would earn international indulgence and domestic permissiveness. However, reality has become louder than any…
Category: Crime and Violence
Judicial complicity stalls fight against corruption | Manto de complicidad judicial frena lucha contra corrupción
By El Diario: Analyst Manuel Morales asserts Political analyst and researcher Manuel Morales Álvarez issued sharp criticism of the Bolivian justice system, denouncing a “veil of complicity” that would be protecting the main individuals implicated in corruption scandals that have erupted within key state entities such as Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) and the Food…
Warnings of subversive movements in the Chapare | Alertan sobre movimientos subversivos en el Chapare
By El Diario: Led by Morales They call for measures to be taken to prevent the start of conflicts in the region, given the danger that mobilizations may be used as a pretext to generate an escalation of violence. Requesting that authorities from the Ministry of Government accelerate the execution of the outstanding arrest warrant…
Judicial Hitmen | Los sicarios judiciales
By William Herrera, El Deber: The national courts and tribunals are full of judicial hitmen who were (and will continue to be) at the service of the MAS regime. During the 20 years of Evo Morales and Luis Arce, the judicial system (there are always exceptions) served the political power. The Ministry of Justice had…
Is There a New Government? | ¿Hay nuevo gobierno?
By Bajo el penoco, El Dia: The recent ambush and killing of a soldier in Lloko Lloko, on the border with Chile, at the hands of smugglers, shows that many criminals still have not realized that Bolivia has a new government. They continue operating with the same impunity, convinced that nothing has changed. This incident…
TSJ Orders Unrestricted Freedom for Former President Jeanine Áñez | TSJ dispone la libertad irrestricta de la expresidenta Jeanine Áñez
By Boris Bueno, Eju.tv: The high court made that ruling, but the real scope of the measure remains unknown. The Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) ordered on Wednesday the immediate release of former president Jeanine Áñez, after more than four years of preventive detention for various cases related to her transitional administration in 2019. The…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 