Bolivia Farm Region Blocks Borders, Grain Transport as Protests Lead to Clashes | Región agrícola boliviana bloquea fronteras y transporte de granos mientras protestas conducen a enfrentamientos

Riot police officers clash with demonstrators as protests following the arrest of Santa Cruz governor and right-wing opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho over an alleged coup in 2019 continue in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, January 2, 2023. | Agentes de la policía antidisturbios chocan con los manifestantes mientras continúan las protestas tras el…

The meaning of Santa Cruz | El significado de Santa Cruz

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…

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…

Environmental damage caused by encroachers – Daño medioambiental producido por avasalladores

Lourdes Molina, El Deber: Justice prohibits settlement in the Lomas de Arena aquifer and recognizes the environmental damage caused by the encroachers Representatives of the Departmental Legislative Assembly (ALD) revealed that by constitutional means they granted protection of rights to the environment and water, within the framework of the class action filed The Departmental Legislative…