By Milton Condori, Vision 360: Lara raises the tone, moves to insults and threats against Paz after 80 days in office “I’ve got him shitting himself” and “he’s going to pay and face justice, he won’t get away with it,” were some of the statements the vice president hurled at the head of state. Vice…
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U.S. Pressures Bolivia Over Iran Links | EEUU presiona a Bolivia por vínculos con Irán
By Reuters, Erbol: U.S. Pressures Bolivia to Expel Alleged Iranian Spies, Reuters Reports City of La Paz. File Photo/REUTERS The United States is pressuring Bolivia to expel alleged Iranian spies from the South American country and to designate Tehran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group, according to two sources with direct knowledge…
Land Seizures Threaten Rule of Law | Avasallamientos ponen en riesgo el Estado de Derecho
By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: CAO demands a technical, “non-political” INRA to guarantee legal certainty The president of the CAO entering the meeting with the Government The president of the Eastern Agricultural Chamber warned that land seizures are the result of land trafficking, not social conflicts, and called on the Government to apply the law…
Republic or Plurinational State? | ¿República o Estado Plurinacional?
By Fernando Untoja, Eju.tv: An Aymara Look at the False Dilemma State failure does not begin with the Republic, but it becomes consolidated with the Plurinational State. The Republic, despite its structural limits, sought to build a nation-state, a common citizenship, and a shared political identity. Its horizon was imperfect, but modern: legal equality, sovereignty,…
Justice Under Pressure | Justicia Bajo Presión
By Omar Escobar, Erbol: TESTIMONIES Calls, secret meetings, influence-peddling and favors: the plot behind the “consortium” case A minister, magistrates, court panel members, judges and prosecutors are mentioned in the “consortium” case, a scheme that, before exploding into public view, followed a path of calls, pressure, private meetings and unwritten agreements, according to statements accessed…
Judges Under Fire in Santa Cruz | Jueces bajo la lupa en Santa Cruz
By Guider Arancibia, El Deber: There Are 35 Judges Targeted by the Council for Dismissal for Very Serious Misconduct This Is How People Go to Court Every Day Santa Cruz has 250 judges, and 35 are to be replaced for serious misconduct. Prosecutors accuse a judge of handling virtual precautionary hearings in a dubious way…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 