Editorial, El Deber: The powerful drug clan that no one saw Day after day, new revelations emerge about what appears to be a powerful clan around drug trafficker Omar Rojas Echeverría, whom in Colombia, where he is being held pending extradition to the United States, they call “Bolivian Pablo Escobar.” The most recent thing that…
Category: Politics
Bolivia yielded to pressure from anti-vaccine groups and suspended the requirement for a health pass in public places
Helen Hernandez, Oicanadian: Health workers walk in the street during a door-to-door drive to vaccinate residents against COVID-19 in La Paz, Bolivia (REUTERS/Manuel Claure) The determination also provides that “Once the declaration of a Health Emergency is over, the presentation of that card will be requested again” as well as the negative PCR test. But nevertheless,…
A weeping coward and also undesirable – Un cobarde llorón y además indeseable
Humberto Vacaflor, El Deber: A very long whimper Two years and months have passed since coca grower Morales resigned from the presidency and fled the country, but the whining remains intact, from himself and his judicial team paid for revenge. The attorney general continues to order trials against government officials who had to take over…
Who governs? – Bolivia – ¿Quien gobierna?
Andrés Gómez, Página Siete: Luis’ dilemma From the first day of his inauguration, the cabinet of President Luis Arce ruled for Evo Morales. Then to the hardest core of his electorate. However, what a paradox! Morales is not satisfied with the cabinet that governed for him. He wants more persecuted, more imprisoned, more unhappy Bolivian…
Masista nonsense – Dislate masista
Editorial, Los Tiempos: The occurrences of the State Attorney Apart from the pressure exerted by his co-partisans regarding the formation of his cabinet of ministers, the President of the State must also endure the questionable occurrences of some high authorities that he himself appointed. This is the case of the Attorney General of the State,…
Political use of justice – Bolivia – Uso político de la justicia
Human Rights Watch observes 16 years of political use of justice in Bolivia [Use this link to read the full World Report 2022 pertaining Bolivia, excerpt follows on Justice] Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, HRW: Political interference has plagued Bolivia’s justice system for years. The Jeanine Áñez government (November 2019-2020) pursued baseless charges against political opponents….
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