Editorial, Los Tiempos: There is no doubt that Santa Cruz has set the public agenda for the year that has just ended. In the first place, if it were not for this region, the Government would have imposed a decree for the postponement of the National Population and Housing Census, which was to be carried…
Category: Drug war – narcotraffick
Time of stress and uncertainty | Tiempo de tensión e incertidumbre
Editorial, El Deber: Luis Fernando Camacho Vaca spent his third night in Chonchocoro, the maximum security prison in La Paz. The appeal to preventive detention is still pending, but nothing good can be expected from the Bolivian justice system, clearly submissive to the instructions of the MAS government. In a virtual hearing, with a judge…
The kidnap of an elected official and gov’s despise on human rights! – ¡El secuestro de un funcionario electo y el desprecio del gobierno por los derechos humanos!
Reuters, ABC.net.au: Bolivian protesters burn cars, clash with police after governor arrested Protesters in Bolivia’s Santa Cruz, a relatively wealthy farming region, have attacked buildings, burned cars and blocked highways as part of a 24-hour strike on Friday following the arrest of the regional governor, a right-wing opposition leader. Key points: As night fell, protesters…
Eurolegislators about the dictatorial attitude of Arce | Eurolegisladores sobre la actitud dictatorial de Arce
Juan Pérez, Página Siete: Due to the imprisonment of Camacho, euro parliamentarians announce a session to request sanctions against the Government of Arce Eurolegislators point out that a brake must be put on the “dictatorial attitude” assumed by the president of Bolivia, Luis Arce. After the imprisonment of the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando…
“They are contaminating us with mercury and destroying our crops” | “Nos están contaminando con mercurio y destruyendo nuestros cultivos”
Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: “They are contaminating us with mercury and destroying our crops,” denounces indigenous leader The testimony corresponds to Jorge Chamaro, secretary of land and territory of the Indigenous Central of the Amazon Region of Bolivia (Cirabo), a region affected by the illegal exploitation of gold The arrest of 13 people accused of…
Encroachers retained and intimidated the Bolivisión press team in Guarayos with firearms | Avasalladores retuvieron y amedrentaron con armas de fuego a equipo de prensa de Bolivisión en Guarayos
Diego Seas, El Deber: The event was recorded this Thursday, when the team of journalists was carrying out their work in the encroached property Almost at noon this Thursday, a press team from the Bolivisión network was detained and intimidated by a group of hooded thugs who had taken over the El Encanto property and…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 