Nelson Peredo reports for La Prensa: Until August, at least five cases of drug trafficking showed that this illicit business continues to rule in Bolivia. The investigation about Pedro Montenegro, the Candia-Castedo clans (in Beni) and Copa (in El Alto), the Paolo Lumia case, the police officers detained with cocaine in Oruro and the narco…
Category: Crime and Violence
What to do when Bolivia hates you
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: Lewis Manalo fails even with the title of this article … he and the company that made this video game, do not apologize for using our country’s name! This piece and its heading is just a pathetic attempt to cover his faults. This article is basically a useless rant of someone who…
Bolivia declares emergency plan to end gender killings
VOA for Citizen Digital: Bolivia, which has one of South America’s highest rates of women being killed because of their gender, has declared femicide a national priority and will step up efforts to tackle growing violence, a top government rights official said on Tuesday. Since January authorities have recorded 73 femicides – the killing of…
Bolivian Constitution and Democracy under serious peril by the wrongdoings of evo and hordes
From El Diario, July 12, 2019: It reflects how little respect or compliance evo and his hordes regard the Bolivian Constitution. One that was even forced by evo, when he changed it on the shoulders of two deceased, given his violent imposition in the Calancha, Sucre. evo does NOT respect democracy nor the results of…
Against femicides: Human Rights activists demand to declare national alert
El Diario reports: Climbing femicides Human Rights activists demand to declare national alert More than 50 institutions ask municipal and departmental governments to activate “measures, actions and economic resources” ORGANIZATIONS OF WOMEN ASK TO DECLARE NATIONAL ALERT FOR FEMICIDES. Through a public statement issued by the Bolivian Chapter of the Inter-American Platform for Human Rights,…
How much cocaine is produced in Bolivia?
Carlos Böhrt writes in Pagina Siete In recent months several cases of illicit drug trafficking derived from coca have been discovered in our country, while at the same time making visible the relations of some of the people involved in this illegal trafficking with leaders and personalities of the government party. The issue, without a…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 