La Paz (AFP) Authorities in Bolivia on Friday detained a former minister in the government of exiled ex-president Evo Morales. Cesar Cocarico, the ex-minister of rural development and lands, was arrested for breaching his duties and influence peddling while in office, police Colonel Ivan Rojas told reporters. It comes a day after Bolivia’s supreme electoral…
Category: Crime and Violence
Bolivia Prosecutor Opens Electoral Fraud Case Against Morales
AFP reports for VoA: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA – Bolivia’s public prosecutor has opened an investigation into “electoral fraud” against former president Evo Morales and some of his closest allies, the attorney general said on Wednesday. “A new case has been opened against the ex-authorities for electoral fraud,” said Juan Lanchipa. Morales was controversially awarded victory…
Woman alleged to have sudden fortune arrested in Bolivia
AP reports for CityNews 1130: LA PAZ, Bolivia — Authorities in Bolivia said Thursday they have arrested a woman with suspected links to drug traffickers who amassed an inexplicable fortune within just a few years. Interior Minister Arturo Murillo told the Unitel television station that Dora Vallejos, 36, turned herself in the night before. “She…
A synonym for cocaine? You mean the Chapare? YES!
No pasa ni una semana sin que se descubran nuevos laboratorios o tráfico de cocaina … evo cambió la naturaleza del Chapare. Not a single week goes by, without the discovery of new labs or cocaine traffic … evo changed Chapare’s nature.
Unmasking the MAS – Desenmascarando al masismo
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Propaganda spending The government of Jeanine Áñez is now facing a difficult dilemma. To face the cynicism of the masistas, she would need to keep the millionaire propaganda budget, but she can’t do it because she must reduce spending to reduce the fiscal deficit and pay salaries. A masista…
Discurso masista – MAS speech
“Let’s blockade the cities and see if they can hold” (evo morales) “I don’t know how many mothers are willing to sacrifice their children” (Gustavo Torrico) “Bolivia will turn into a Vietnam” (Juan Ramon Quintana) “Will count the death by the dozen” (Javier Zabaleta)
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 