Max Radwin reports for InSight Crime: Officials from Bolivia’s interim government have stepped up drug trafficking operations over the last six months, but a focus on coca-producing communities in Cochabamba is creating tension with law enforcement that threatens to intensify. On April 23, thirteen members of a drug trafficking ring in the city of Entre Ríos,…
Category: Drug war – narcotraffick
Three evils that plague us – Tres males que nos asolan
The three major illnesses that Bolivia has: Narcotrafficking: not only has territory under its rule (Chapare) but has become a key player in our politics. Corruption: Across the board, public bids, tax evasion, you name it, has worsened over the last 14 years. Covid-19: With over 60% of our labor force in the informal sector,…
Urban/rural vote must be worth the same – Voto urbano/rural debe valer lo mismo
ANF reports for Los Tiempos: Conade demand to the TCP to nullify law 421 and that 1 urban vote be equal to 1 rural vote The National Committee for the Defense of Democracy (Conade) demanded the Plurinational Constitutional Court to nullify Law 421, which reduces the powers of the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) and which…
Political Blockades against Health – Bloqueos políticos contra Salud
El Diario reports: Minister Oscar Mercado Blockades for political purposes seek health catastrophe In the last hours, the demands of the protesters changed from requests for the relaxation of the quarantine to be able to work, to demands for resignation of authorities and advancement of the general elections The blockades caused by those related to…
Bolivia needs an election, but covid-19 makes that hard
The Economist reports: The opposition fears the interim president is using the pandemic to cement her power On april 21st, a month into Bolivia’s lockdown, police in riot gear swarmed the home of Patricia Arce, the mayor of Vinto, a city in the department of Cochabamba, and a senate candidate for the left-wing Movement to…
Propaganda in the Evo government – Propaganda en el gobierno de Evo
Editorial from Pagina Siete: Propaganda in the Evo government One of the best-kept secrets by the Evo Morales government has been revealed in the last few hours by the Ministry of Communication: the list of media that received large amounts of advertising/propaganda in that administration. The current Minister of Communication, Isabel Fernández, first made known…
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