Juan Jose Toro, Pagina Siete: Rotten ombudsman The Ombudsman is an institution, or authority, generally established in the constitutions, whose function is to guarantee the rights of citizens against the abuses of political powers. In other words, its essence is to defend the citizen from public powers. When there was a debate to create this…
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It is not a good time for a double Christmas bonus or salary increase – No es buen momento para doble aguinaldo o incremento salarial
El Diario: Minister Marcelo Montenegro and the president of the BCB agreed on the goal of GDP growth of 5.1%, a fiscal deficit of 8.5% of GDP and an inflation rate of around 3.3%. The general manager of IBCE, Gary Rodríguez, agreed with the private businessmen to freeze the salary increase because the purchasing power…
The trials against Áñez – Los juicios contra Áñez
Editorial, Los Tiempos: After a postponement due to procedural problems, the lawsuit against former president Jeanine Áñez is restarted today [03/28/2022] in the “Coup d’etat II” case, which from the beginning has encountered irregularities and shortcomings. The first process against Áñez is the so-called “Coup d’etat I”, which has been instituted for the alleged crimes…
What they forget in the MAS – Lo que olvidan en el MAS
Página Siete: A little more than a year after having suffered a fracture that led him to lose the Mayor’s Office of El Alto and in the midst of internal expulsions and growing denunciations of prorogation of the leading dome, the MAS, or at least some of its leaders and militants, they blame the right…
IACHR is in Bolivia – CIDH está en Bolivia
ANF, Los Tiempos: IACHR is in Bolivia to monitor compliance with GIEI recommendations A representation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) arrived in Bolivia to carry out an agenda of meetings with authorities, in order to follow up on the implementation of recommendations of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI), on violence…
Bolivian gov fails to have action plan to reduce mercury use – Gobierno boliviano no tiene plan de acción para reducir uso de mercurio
Brújula Digital, Página Siete: At the IACHR: UN urges Bolivia to present an action plan to reduce mercury The UN Special Rapporteur for Toxic Substances stated that the illicit trafficking of mercury from Bolivia to other countries in the region is highly worrying. During the 183rd period of sessions, in a hearing before the Inter-American…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 