By Javier Viscarra, El Dia: Bolivia is witnessing an uncomfortable, almost inevitable moment in which the old myth of the coca leaf is beginning to crack. A few decades ago the idea was nurtured that merely repeating “coca is not cocaine” would earn international indulgence and domestic permissiveness. However, reality has become louder than any…
Category: Drug war – narcotraffick
Recalibrating Bolivia’s Power Map | Reconfigurando el rumbo político de Bolivia
By María Trigo, Eju.tv: Internal tensions, shifts in foreign policy and postponed economic adjustments: this was the first month of Rodrigo Paz’s government in Bolivia The beginning of the administration showed a radical change in international relations and a feeling of economic stability without addressing structural reforms. However, internal conflicts dominated the agenda. The president…
Judicial complicity stalls fight against corruption | Manto de complicidad judicial frena lucha contra corrupción
By El Diario: Analyst Manuel Morales asserts Political analyst and researcher Manuel Morales Álvarez issued sharp criticism of the Bolivian justice system, denouncing a “veil of complicity” that would be protecting the main individuals implicated in corruption scandals that have erupted within key state entities such as Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) and the Food…
Warnings of subversive movements in the Chapare | Alertan sobre movimientos subversivos en el Chapare
By El Diario: Led by Morales They call for measures to be taken to prevent the start of conflicts in the region, given the danger that mobilizations may be used as a pretext to generate an escalation of violence. Requesting that authorities from the Ministry of Government accelerate the execution of the outstanding arrest warrant…
Lara in Coup Mode | Lara en modo golpe
Editorial, El Dia: The worst forecast about Edman Lara has come true—and faster than anyone could have imagined. What many feared—an abrupt turn toward systematic attrition, daily confrontation, and concealed ambition—is no longer a hypothesis: it is an unfolding reality. Lara is in coup-mode, a permanent campaign aimed at political arson. His own declarations, forced…
Judicial Hitmen | Los sicarios judiciales
By William Herrera, El Deber: The national courts and tribunals are full of judicial hitmen who were (and will continue to be) at the service of the MAS regime. During the 20 years of Evo Morales and Luis Arce, the judicial system (there are always exceptions) served the political power. The Ministry of Justice had…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 