Candido Tancara, Pagina Siete: Church sees that “corruption is becoming culture” in the country The bishops see “urgent” judicial reform to “establish the truth of what happened” in the cases and a fiscal pact for “true economic decentralization.” Former Minister of Rural Development and Lands Edwin Characayo was discovered on Tuesday night in flagrant crime…
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Government corruption – Corrupción gubernamental
Editorial, Página Siete: In high places as in the underworld It is not common for a minister to fall red-handed. In general, corruption in political spheres is white collar, difficult to track and with the use of straw owners, emissaries, third parties or bribery collectors. Not for that it is better. All corruption is harmful…
Sentence first, judge later – Primero se condena, después se juzga
Editorial, El Diario: The degree of crisis that justice in Bolivia has reached to a large extent is proven by the fact that convicts first, then investigates and, finally undergoes trial, as has been demonstrated in numerous known cases of some people who have run that luck. This problem was confirmed when some people who…
Evo Morales’ party defeated in local Bolivia elections
La Prensa Latina: La Paz, Apr 12 (EFE).- The governing Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), headed by former President Evo Morales, was defeated in the gubernatorial races in four Bolivian provinces in Sunday’s second electoral round, according to preliminary results that on Monday indicate that opposition party candidates handily prevailed in those races. Voters in La…
The failure of MAS – El fracaso del MAS
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: Memories of the present When the raw materials boom and the greatest waste in the country’s history have passed, in addition to the cowardly flight of its cowardly leader, the MAS has only one flag left: having created the “plurinational state.” What that plurinational means will have to be asked to…
Is masismo reliable? – ¿Es confiable el masismo?
Antonio Saravia, Pagina Siete: I don’t want dialogue Citizen Community and Carlos Mesa presented last Monday a proposal “for peace and reconciliation” in the country. In its first point, the proposal asks “without renouncing our interpretation of the facts and in homage to the greater good of the country, to overcome the polarization generated by…
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