By Carlos Corz, Vision 360: Payments for Blockades, 30% Salary Kickbacks, and Corruption Discovered in Productive Development Ministry Minister Oscar Mario Justiniano revealed that a specialized unit operates within the Ministry of Productive Development to detect irregularities. The Minister of Productive Development, Oscar Mario Justiniano, revealed irregularities that have been uncovered. Photo: Visión 360 Levies…
Category: Drug war – narcotraffick
No a la Impunidad por Muertes en Bloqueos | No Impunity for Blockade Deaths
By ANF, Eju.tv: Heavy Transport Sector Rejects COB’s Bid for Immunity and Demands Accountability for Deaths of Three Drivers During Road Blockades The executive secretary of the Heavy Transport Sector of Potosí, Nelson Valle, rejected the idea that the Bolivian Workers’ Central (COB) should make dialogue conditional on receiving guarantees against criminal prosecution for offenses…
The COB After the Deluge: Anatomy of a Petition Between Epic and Ridicule | La COB después del diluvio: Anatomía de un pliego petitorio entre la épica y el ridículo
By Gonzalo Chávez, Unitel: There are documents that are read and documents that are endured. The petition submitted by the Bolivian Workers’ Center (COB) on June 15, 2026, grandiosely titled, in the characteristic style of the genre, “Minimum Agenda for a Great National Dialogue,” decidedly belongs to the second category. Not because of its intellectual…
Who is in charge in Bolivia | Quién manda en Bolivia
By Oscar Antezana, El Dia: I don’t understand. Or rather, wasn’t the public already suspicious for years—or even taking it for granted—that the Chapare was infiltrated by organizations linked to drug trafficking, including networks of different nationalities? Didn’t President Paz and at least some of the presidential candidates know in far greater detail the scale…
CNI: Blockades = Million Losses => Reactivation Plan | Bloqueos = Pérdidas Millonarias => Plan de Reactivación
By César del Castillo, El Deber: CNI estimates losses of $2.5 billion due to blockades and proposes a reactivation plan CNI proposes emergency plan to overcome the crisis caused by blockades The National Chamber of Industries warned that the 42 days of conflict have hit production, employment, and exports. The sector proposes tax relief, credit,…
How to apply justice to those who despise it | Cómo aplicar la justicia a quienes la desprecian
By Enrique Velazco, Vision 360: Perhaps it is not much for those who earn Bs 45,000 per month, but if instead of 100 lawsuits, 1,000 or more legal cases are initiated against them, it is very likely they would not be very inclined to repeat the attempt in the future. Walter Guevara (“How to End…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 