El Diario: Dialogue must be sincere and with all sectors After the Government’s call to the guild merchants for a dialogue on Saturday, the governor of Santa Cruz, Fernando Camacho, asked the government authorities that this dialogue be transparent and sincere and that it include all sectors that ask for the repeal of Law 1386,…
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Fracasó la política – Politics failed
Editorial, El Deber: Bolivia, the failure of politics If the Government of Luis Arce believes that by ignoring, neglecting or repressing the protest in Santa Cruz, and now also in Potosí, it is going to overcome the most serious crisis of its administration, it is that it does not understand politics or learn from the…
Vivanco urges Arce to guarantee the right to peaceful protest in Bolivia
EFE, Market Research Telecast [para español, aqui]: La Paz, Nov 10 (EFE) .- The director for the Americas of Human Rights Watch (HRW), José Miguel Vivanco, urged the president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, to “ensure” the right to peaceful protest after the strong clashes registered in the three days of the indefinite strike in the…
Gobierno indolente, corrupto y sanguinario – Indolent, corrupt and bloodthirsty government
Guider Arancibia, El Deber: Hooded men who attacked roadblocks were in vehicles seized from drug trafficking Two of the three pick-up tracks were identified by police. One of them was seized in the operation that intervened in the luxurious Imperial events room. The law establishes that these assets must be given to social welfare entities….
Desgastado – Luis Arce – Worn Out
The wear of Arce in his first year of government The circumstances in which Luis Arce meets the first year of his government do not seem to be like a celebration. No, because the mobilization that -against Law 1386 on the National Strategy to Fight the Legitimation of Illicit Profits- begins the same day of…
Bolivian journalists abducted, assaulted by armed men while covering land dispute
CPJ.org: Bogotá, November 4, 2021 – Bolivian authorities must conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the abduction and assault of six journalists by a group of armed men and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On October 28, seven reporters, photographers, and camera operators for several Bolivian media…
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