Editorial, Página Siete: In a report published on September 26 of this year, Página Siete warned that in the Guarayos province of Santa Cruz, there are armed groups that intend to settle on community lands and even on productive properties already titled. On that occasion, a council had given 10 days for its dismantling because,…
Category: Social Unrest
Paro indefinido – Nov 8 – Indefinite strike
Ivan A Paredes, El Deber: An indefinite strike is announced as of November 8; the MAS reproaches Trade unionists, transporters and doctors give the government until November 7 to repeal Law 1386. The ruling party says that the strike “will be a failure.” The measure would start from November 8 The unionists and other sectors…
¡Masismo sinónimo de conflicto! – Masismo synonymous with conflict!
Editorial, Los Tiempos: The imminent conflict over Law 1386 The pause in the mobilizations for the repeal of Law 1386 on the National Strategy to Combat the Legitimization of Illicit Profits could be the preamble to more conflictive days than those prior to the withdrawal of bill 218, just over two weeks ago. In effect,…
Masismo y narcotráfico – Masismo and narcotraffick
Editorial, El Deber: Narcosur, a cartel from PCC in Bolivia The Brazilian press reported this week that Bolivia has become a sanctuary for the so-called “Narcosur”, a drug cartel of the First Command of the Capital (PCC) of that country, the largest criminal organization in Brazil and in all of South America. A report published…
Masismo sin moral – Masismo without morals
Carlos Toranzo, Pagina Siete: When there is no moral Bolivia is not only experiencing a crisis of excess patronage and state pre-bendanism, what we are looking at at present is deeper than that, it is about the moral degradation of power due to the absence of ethics, due to the total loss of the values…
Grupos de seguridad paraestatales violentos – Violent parastatal security groups
Pagina Siete: The US asks the government to dismantle “parastatal groups” that threaten activists The embassy of that country sent a note to the Vice Minister of the Interior Regime requesting that the GIEI’s recommendations be complied with. The US Embassy in Bolivia asked the government of Luis Arce to dismantle “parastatal groups” that threaten…
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