ANF reports in Pagina Siete: ANP praises resolution on freedom on the web The National Press Association of Bolivia (ANP) expressed satisfaction with the resolution of the United Nations (UN) on the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet. Also, stressed the reaffirmation of the principles proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of…
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Precursor Seizures Show Bolivia’s Role in Cocaine Trade
InSight Crime reports: Precursor Seizures Show Bolivia’s Role in Cocaine Trade Written by Luis Fernando Alonso Authorities in Bolivia last year confiscated almost 600 metric tons of precursor chemicals used to process cocaine, underlining the nation’s importance in the South American chain of production for the drug. Officials from Bolivia’s Chemical Substances Investigation Group (El…
Bolivia denounces to the world: we need AMNESTY for the politically imprisoned and persecuted!
Bolivia certainly has changed during the presidency of the coca grower caudillo, there are over 700 Bolivians that fled the country out of fear for an unjust, biased political persecution, where Justice is completely absent! BOLIVIA DENOUNCES TO THE WORLD: WE DEMAND AMNESTY FOR THE POLITICALLY IMPRISONED AND PERSECUTED!
My Night at Bolivia’s Illegal Cocaine Bar
From the Daily Beast: My Night at Bolivia’s Illegal Cocaine Bar In La Paz, our correspondent finds a legendary basement dive, where the house specialty is not a cocktail, but an illicit tray of the white stuff. It’s a well-known secret in La Paz, Bolivia, that it has an illegal underground cocaine bar, noted as…
UN Reports Small Decrease in Bolivia Coca Cultivation … not damn enough!
InSight Crime reports: UN Reports Small Decrease in Bolivia Coca Cultivation Written by Deborah Bonello Coca cultivation in Bolivia has reached its lowest levels since United Nations monitoring began in 2003, moving the country closer to policy makers’ de facto cap on coca crops. But as transnational drug trafficking intensifies, the world’s third-largest coca producer…
Bolivian ochlocracy 101: evo delivers his best…
A cartoon from Pagina Siete: It is disgusting to see how the coca grower caudillo had wasted over $150 billion dollars during the years of his presidency. Now that the international prices of our commodity exports have fallen, the demagogue populist has no better option than to continue to squeeze those of us who relentlessly…
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