Carlos Valverde is a succesful, well documented journalist. Valverde has radio and TV programs. Current government has exerted some pressure on two TV channels, so he was “asked” to abandon those networks. He currently broadcast his programs from the internet/cable services. His daily radio broadcast from Santa Cruz can also be heard on the net. Valverde’s best…
Category: Crime and Violence
Bolivian coca chewing is an excuse that helps narcotrafficking
British Foreign Affairs Minister for LAC, Jeremy Browne was very harsh but also very clear, he said Bolivia’s coca chewing practice is a pretext to grow more coca; which ends up in cocaine that goes as far as Europe (this week, Greece seized cocaine from Bolivia). Bolivia has an estimated 30,900 hectares; 20,000 hectares are…
Bolivian briefs: cocaine; takeovers; TIPNIS; phone interventions
Cocaine: The US Government expressed their concern over the “growing cocaine trade” in Bolivia, such view is part of the new American strategy against transnational criminal organizations. http://www.paginasiete.bo/2011-07-26/Nacional/Destacados/37Aldia01-260711.aspx It is frightening to see Bolivia becoming not only coca leaf producers but also being immersed more and more in violent cocaine trafficking. While Colombia is beginning to…
Remember Santa Cruz Governor Ruben Costas, shot April 12, 2011?
Well, police arrested alleged criminal in company with two others, as reported today in Los Tiempos, at 15:36 hours, local time today July 25, 2011: http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/nacional/20110725/la-policia-detuvo-al-supuesto-agresor-del-gobernador-ruben_135110_275238.html El Dia informs that Sandy Castedo, presumably shot Governor Ruben Costas when the Governor was trying to stop a robbery in April 12, 2011. Castedo was caught as a result on a…
Violent crime rampant in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
This cartoon appeared in El Diario on July 23, 2011. It portrays how violent crime is taking over the streets of beautiful Santa Cruz. Democracy is being shot by paid assassins (sicario) and narcos. This past week, a defense lawyer was shot in front of the Justice Palace; an alleged Brazilian sicario was detained. Unfortunately,…
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