Editorial, Página Siete: President Luis Arce, in his speech for the national anniversary, compared his government to that of Jeanine Añez, whom he stopped calling a coup leader to describe it as “disastrous”; he highlighted “historical” economic figures of her management, but omitted the negative indicators of the economy; he denounced destabilization and did not…
Category: Crime and Violence
The country and protected subjugations | El país y los avasallamientos protegidos
Editorial, El Diario: A gunshot wound and 8 peasants kidnapped in the surroundings of La Pailas, in Santa Cruz, is the result of the subjugation of last July 27. Criminal act at the head of the famous oppressors Paulino Camacho and Sixto Canasa, the same ones who, arrested for the Las Londras attacks in October…
They denounce that an armed group has already invaded 8,500 hectares in Guarayos | Denuncian que grupo armado ya invadió 8.500 hectáreas en Guarayos
Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: Until now, the Police have not evicted the invaders who intend to seize 26,500 hectares in the Guarayos province. The lands were declared fiscally unavailable by INRA. They have already displaced the inhabitants of five communities The same group that invaded lands in Las Londras and kidnapped a group of journalists…
Democracy in peril | Democracia en peligro
Editorial, Página Siete: Huarachi and the 5 thousand miners who did not arrive In the documentary Red November, by the filmmaker Verónica Córdoba, former President Evo Morales and former Vice President Álvaro García Linera maintain that they resigned from their positions to avoid bloodshed because, according to them, on the morning of November 10, 2019,…
Bolivia: Fails to meet standards for the elimination of trafficking | Incumple estándares para la eliminación de trata
El Diario: Authorities prosecuted fewer traffickers, specialized services for victims remained scarce, and efforts to target labor were negligible, according to the document. Recommends increased efforts to investigate, prosecute, and convict traffickers, including perpetrators of forced labor and criminality. The Government of Bolivia does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of…
Madidi: Ecological pause | Pausa ecológica
El Diario: Popular Action was admitted They await an ecological pause to save Madidi Park The reserve of the department of La Paz is invaded and severely affected by illegal mining, indiscriminate logging and even activities such as drug trafficking, emphasized Senator Cecilia Requena. The hearing was set by the Constitutional Chamber for July 29…
