Coca and cocaine production revenues benefits a few of the of the ruling government and much less the former “allies” of the social movements and workers who supported current president at the time of the overthrown of previous presidents. Much of those former allies took part in strikes and blockades who made this government successful…
Category: Crime and Violence
Bolivian corruption increases to alarming rates!!
This cartoon portrays how corruption is affecting our daily lives, in this case, the so-called ministry for anti-corruption and transparency is overwhelmed by corruption at all levels and stages of public office. So, the question is: where did it go the meritocracy? what happened to the thousands of dollars invested and financed by the World…
Yapacani, El Chore, Amboro Park, coca and three dead people. January 2012
El Deber and ANF report about the violence in the Yapacani municipality, El Chore reserve being invaded and the coca crop which is worse than an epidemic. Three people died as a result of municipality conflicts between different groups who belong to the current political party in power, and police intervention: The leader of the…
Bolivian public safety failure and escalating crime rates
Over the years, public safety has decreased at an alarming rate! The worst happens in beautiful Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Not only drug trafficking has brought violence to our streets, drug addicts commit felonies and are obviously more violent. The cartoon from El Diario, January 9, 2012 portrays our sad and frustrating reality. Crime rates…
Current Bolivian Government management style
This cartoon is from El Diario, January 8, 2012. It portrays both current president and vice-president. The latter is placing a big eraser in the elbow of the former. The vice says: “with this heavy-duty eraser you will be able to erase [with the elbow] all the short laws you will sanction..” [with the hand]…
What worries us Bolivians?
Pagina Siete reports on a recent poll about what worries the citizens of Bolivia: The lack of public safety, the family economy and the growth of corruption are the main concerns of Bolivians, according to the latest IPSOS poll. The opinion study prepared for Pagina Siete reveals that 23% of the country is concerned about…
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