Andres Oppenheimer writes in The Miami Herald: Authoritarian leaders breed corruption BY ANDRES OPPENHEIMER AOPPENHEIMER@MIAMIHERALD.COM What’s most amazing about the arrest in Miami of Bolivia’s top anti-corruption police official, caught on tape extorting a bribe from a well-known businessman, was that hardly anybody was surprised by the news. Corruption by top officials of Bolivia, Ecuador,…
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Bolivia ruling ochlocracy, now a senior policeman caught in political extortion!
Jay Weaver describes Bolivian ordeal under the ruling ochlocracy, from the Miami Herald: FEDERAL COURTS Bolivia’s anti-corruption chief charged with extorting airline executive in Miami BY JAY WEAVER JWEAVER@MIAMIHERALD.COM Only in Miami: The Bolivian government’s top anti-corruption cop is locked up in a downtown jail cell, accused of shaking down a foreign businessman here for…
Senator Pinto’s repercussions on our relations with Brazil
Carlos Cordero writes in El Deber: Thanks to Pinto While Roger Pinto, Senator for the Department of Pando, had been held at the Embassy of Brazil in La Paz, political and diplomatic relations between the States has remained at a standstill for more than 15 months. When the news became public, that Pinto had managed…
Bolivia is still among the least competitive countries, according to the WEF
AFP reports in El Dia: It is in the 98 place among 148 countries Bolivia is still among the least competitive countries, according to the WEF Competitiveness stagnates in Latin America, the country is not the worst in the region but it is far from improving the indices Latin America continues to have low rates…
A very serious dilemma and probable wrongful precedent against the nature of our National Parks
Hilton Heredia reports for El Deber: THE SERNAP WARNS HARDLINE Deforestation of 7 km in the Kaa Iya Park opens controversy They vetoed the cement project, worth $160 million of the mining group. Cattle growers see threats to the country’s largest reserve. The ABT is investigating. The mining company defends itself. Contravention to environmental legislation….
Current Bolivian government is responsible for over 774 people being forced to leave the country…
So… this is the Bolivia political environment, under current ochlocracy. From El Dia: Politics Opposition denounces that Bolivia has 774 exiled in the Government of Evo Morales In this regard, a congressman of the MAS, Rodolfo Calle, acknowledged that this figure is correct, but it is due to ordinary people or former officials who fled…
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