World Report 2019 – Human Rights Watch: Bolivia under peril

Human Rights Watch 2019 report: People from different departments of Bolivia march towards La Paz against the nomination of Bolivian President Evo Morales as candidate for reelection for the October 2019 national elections, in Villa Remedios, Bolivia, on December 5, 2018. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) authorized the nomination of Evo Morales for a fourth…

International Court will issue ruling on Tipnis complaint

El Diario reports: It will be on May 15 The process in the middle of the construction of the road that runs through the heart of the Isiboro Sécure reserve began in 2017 when the indigenous people denounced the violation of their rights in Germany. In 2018, a commission visited the region and verified the…

Bolivian narcotraffick 101 – Settling of scores without lead

Alejandro Mallea writes in El Diario: The truth even if it hurts Since the 50s of the twentieth century the terms terrorism, organized crime, settling of scores, drug trafficking, communism, socialism, Marxism, government and state were exposed in books documented by doctors Joseph Douglas and Ray Cline, former directors of the CIA. They affirm that…

High-Ranking Bolivia Police Gave Protection to Wanted Drug Trafficker

Parker Asmann reports for InSight Crime: A number of high-ranking police officials in Bolivia have been arrested for their suspected links to a drug trafficker wanted for years by police in Brazil, but the full extent of their collusion has yet to be revealed. Authorities in Bolivia arrested Gonzalo Medina, the former head of the…