Editorial from El Diario, picture from the internet: It is unknown to anyone that the international community has extensive knowledge of the results of the referendum on February 21, 2016 and that this process was viewed with great sympathy, because it was about consolidating the existing democracy in the country. The expressions of support for…
Category: Social Unrest
Judge ratifies prison for two fang traffickers
El Diario reports: The illegal trade of fangs in most cases occurs through the internet. The fifth Criminal Investigation Judge of the city of La Paz, Juan Carlos Moltabán, ratified the three-year prison sentence against two Argentine citizens, convicted of trafficking jaguar tusks and cougars, the Environment Ministry reported. According to the government entity, the…
The acute conflict of the Qhara Qharas
El Diario Editorial, photo from the internet: As time passes, the serious contradictions in the agrarian question, contained in the current Political Constitution of the State, the INRA Law dictated by the government of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and the Law of Community Reconciliation of the Agrarian Reform approved by the government of Evo Morales,…
Corruption hits the Bolivian Police
El Diario reports: They ask for Legislative intervention The exercise of internal power and political patronage; order of destinations, assessment of promotions and internal judicial processes, are part of the chain, according to the retired policeman Jorge Santisteban For the commander Rómulo Delgado, the particular cases do not involve the fundamental institution of the State….
Bolivian roads 101 under evo!
Editorial from Pagina Siete, pictures from the internet when searching for poor condition roads in Bolivia: Abandoned roads A few days ago we commented in this same space that government inefficiency is increasingly evident. The example used was that of the creation of the social security manager that, after nine years, has not yet been…
BOLIVIA 2018 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
A very interesting report from the Department of State of the USG, complete document can be found at the bottom link, follows pertaining excerpts: Execute Summary Bolivia is a constitutional, multiparty republic with an elected president and a bicameral legislature. In 2014, in a process deemed free but whose fairness was questioned by international observers,…
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