This unbelievable news appeared in El Deber: They accuse Bolivia of “abduction of State” by American prisoner Defenders and relatives of American Jacob Ostreicher, imprisoned in Bolivia without charge from a year ago, today accused the Government of Evo Morales’ “abduction of State” and condemned the passivity of the USA on the case. The wife…
Category: Crime and Violence
Summary of Bolivian political, economical and human-rights’ events during hectic May 2012
A picture is worth more than words, in this case I decided to use cartoons to summarize a very difficult month for Bolivia. Strikes, protest marches, road and street blockades, trials, corruption, narcotrafficking, crime and violence have clouted our lives. This is from El Diario, June 2, 2012: “hate” “social resentment” and “racism” are being…
An update on alleged terrorism accusations by Ignacio Villa Vargas, AKA “el viejo”
Breaking news on the alleged terrorism accusations from current government: Marco Curi writes for El Día, May 31, 2012: Statements of ‘El viejo’: Soza put names saw convenient Rózsa Case: Civics, a congressman from the opposition and the family of an accused person believe that Villa Vargas revelations show that the case was built by…
Lynching and gangs are sprouting in Bolivia… beware!!
El Deber reports: Church condemns mob killings and regrets the proliferation of gangs The Cardinal [Julio Terrazas, Catholic] at the time to send a greeting on mother’s day in Bolivia, he reflected that children should take care of the one who gave us life, throughout the year and not only this day with a few…
Bolivian police under its most severe crisis of all times…
“Law & Order” in current Bolivia is just a TV show you can watch over cable TV, just that… no Law, no Order… unfortunately. Criminality rates on the rise, community enforcement bordering lynching and police force spending more time controlling/preventing/attacking street riots, blockades are part of the existing “Order”. The following cartoons show this month’s…
Potosi, Mallku Khota: blunt anarchy and/or government failure to deal with crisis?!
Miguel Lazcano reports for La Razon: The Governor’s Office of the Potosí Department yesterday requested the Executive Body [central government] to analyze the possibility of militarizing the area surrounding the Mallku Khota mine, whose concession is held by the Canadian company South American Silver. The order was made yesterday by Governor Felix Gonzales Bernal, who…
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