Peter Lykke reports for Al-Jazeera: Can Bolivia’s new measures counteract gender violence? Bolivia has one of the highest rates of gender violence, with nine in 10 women experiencing it in their lifetime. Brisa de Angulo was raped repeatedly as a teenager by an adult member of her own family. When she finally mastered the courage…
Category: Crime and Violence
Precursor Seizures Show Bolivia’s Role in Cocaine Trade
InSight Crime reports: Precursor Seizures Show Bolivia’s Role in Cocaine Trade Written by Luis Fernando Alonso Authorities in Bolivia last year confiscated almost 600 metric tons of precursor chemicals used to process cocaine, underlining the nation’s importance in the South American chain of production for the drug. Officials from Bolivia’s Chemical Substances Investigation Group (El…
Bolivia denounces to the world: we need AMNESTY for the politically imprisoned and persecuted!
Bolivia certainly has changed during the presidency of the coca grower caudillo, there are over 700 Bolivians that fled the country out of fear for an unjust, biased political persecution, where Justice is completely absent! BOLIVIA DENOUNCES TO THE WORLD: WE DEMAND AMNESTY FOR THE POLITICALLY IMPRISONED AND PERSECUTED!
UN Reports Small Decrease in Bolivia Coca Cultivation … not damn enough!
InSight Crime reports: UN Reports Small Decrease in Bolivia Coca Cultivation Written by Deborah Bonello Coca cultivation in Bolivia has reached its lowest levels since United Nations monitoring began in 2003, moving the country closer to policy makers’ de facto cap on coca crops. But as transnational drug trafficking intensifies, the world’s third-largest coca producer…
Brazil, Bolivia Gang Up on International Drug Ring
Written by Mike LaSusa for Insight Crune; Brazil, Bolivia Gang Up on International Drug Ring Authorities in Brazil and Bolivia carried out a joint operation against a group suspected of international drug trafficking in the latest sign of increasing law enforcement cooperation between Brazil and its cocaine-producing neighbors. Media outlets based in both countries reported…
This is Bolivia under the coca grower “president”
These cartoons [06/10/2016] show vividly how Bolivia is badly doing under the worst ochlocracy that governed ever! This one is from El Diario: While John Doe is claiming for help as he is drowning is a sea of blockades, and strikes… the president tells the vp: “just pretend you didn’t see him, little Alvaro…!”…
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