Editorial, El Diario: In recent years, crimes of corruption proliferated in dependencies of the Plurinational State that caused the country to receive high marks from international organizations and severe criticism from public opinion, which caused so much unrest that it caused the destabilization of some governments. These acts of corruption in ministries, public companies, official…
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Iván Lima: muddies Bolivian justice – enloda la justicia boliviana
Editorial, El Deber: The sad role of the Minister of Justice The act of interpellation to the Minister of Justice, Iván Lima Magne, in the Legislative Assembly was anything but that, a grotesque spectacle more typical of the worst face of politics, the one that exhibits cynicism, manipulation and lies, than of a respectable state…
Corruption! – ¡Corrupción!
Marcelo Ostria, Los Tiempos: The frequency of acts of corruption by public officials in Bolivia no longer surprise anyone. These were -and are- tolerated by the Government and the administration of justice, and practiced by State officials. Since last week, the imprisonment in the United States of the former Minister of Government, Arturo Murillo, by…
Discredit of justice – Desprestigio de la justicia
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Council of the Magistracy and discredit of justice The discredit and loss of prestige that affect the Bolivian administration of justice is not a matter of concern for the Council of the Magistracy, the instance of the Judicial Organ responsible, according to the Constitution, “for the disciplinary regime of the ordinary, agro-environmental…
More support from the European Union – Más apoyo de la Unión Europea
Editorial, El Deber: The European Union, which the government of Luis Arce has harassed and ridiculously accused of being a “coup plotter,” has announced a donation of 60 million dollars, in addition to its regular cooperation, to support State policies in the fight against drugs and comprehensive development in the coca-producing regions in the coming…
Polluting mercury – Mercurio contaminante
El Dia: Estudio revela que Bolivia importa 200 toneladas de mercurio, 68 van a la minería aurífera Bolivia registra un incremento “exponencial” en la importación de 200 toneladas de mercurio totalmente “legal”, por la baja tasa arancelaria, de las cuales 68 toneladas van a la pequeña minería aurífera, un hecho que sucede a pesar de…
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