Flanagan calls for international investigation into Dwyer death

The Irish Times reports: Flanagan calls for international investigation into Dwyer death Bolivian president Evo Morales is the first South American head of state to visit Ireland. Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan has told Bolivian president Evo Morales there should be an international investigation into the killing of Tipperary man Michael Dwyer, who was…

Open threats to keep the government in Bolivia: After them, the flood

Carlos Valverde writes in El Deber: After them: the flood The vice president has warned that failure not to continue the current system of government, the country would be faced with a return to conflict; and not even the appearances are kept, they are no longer interested in giving a sign of democratic institutions, the…

There is concern over serious problems that can affect Bolivia

Armando Mariaca writes in El Diario: There is concern over serious problems that can affect the country Gone are the days of boom times overspending because it had “silver”; Time passed abuses that were committed at the expense of the government relied on his followers and more on who had the mission to take care…

Politics 101: The re-re-re-election does not strengthen democracy

Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: The re-re-re-election does not strengthen democracy The Constitution of the Plurinational State was clearly established in one of its transitory provisions, that Evo Morales could not run in the previous election; it did thanks to a lecture given by the Constitutional Court, an institution that was and is fully…

Some Bolivians do not want to pay taxes!

ANF reports for Pagina Siete: Union asks for a “forgiveness” [“perdonazo”] of tax liabilities and tax code changes The union [grocery sellers] leadership says that they have a debt of up to Bs10 million bebt in taxes, that is difficult to pay not even by selling their house and other assets. The Confederation of “retail”…