Editorial from El Diario: The Senate’s opposition to the Armed Forces In recent months, the development of political events in the country has registered an unexpected situation due to the postponement of the general elections called by the transitional government chaired by Mrs. Jeanine Áñez and, especially, the causal presence of the Chinese coronavirus that…
Category: Social Unrest
Red Seal for evo! – Sello Rojo para evo!
El Dia reports: For the audio case They seek to activate the red seal against Evo Management. Prosecutor’s Office works to make it happen this week. The state attorney general, Juan Lanchipa, assured that this week the judicial requirements will be issued to activate the red seal against former president Evo Morales, who is being…
CORRUPTION 101: MAS impunity – Impunidad masista
Wilson Aguilar reports for Los Tiempos: At least 15 cases of corruption by MAS continue with impunity At least 15 cases of alleged corruption that occurred in the MAS government remain unclear. An expert assures that crimes of this type do not prescribe. In recent days, members of the MAS, including Evo Morales, questioned about…
Scientists are producing data without sharing it with people who actually need it
All scientists want their research to have impact. But how often is that impact realized? A recent case study in Madidi National Park, Bolivia sought to put numbers to actual rates of knowledge dissemination and implementation. This study, published by Anne Toomey, assistant professor at Pace University, María Eugenia Copa Alvaro from the Colección Boliviana de Fauna in Bolivia,…
Health first – Primero la Salud
Editorial from El Diario: People’s health before elections Undeniably, it would be in the interest of all Bolivians that democracy should not have any obstacle or difficulty for its validation; but there are circumstances in which the same democratic process forces to adopt certain foresight measures for the good of the people. This is the…
Tensions Rise in Bolivia’s Chapare as Government Escalates Anti-Drug Operations
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,…
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