EFE reports for Foxnews Latino: Pair rescued from lynch mob in Bolivia Published December 28, 2015 EFE Bolivian police rescued a pair of accused robbers from an enraged mob in the central part of the Chapare regipon before local residents could burn them alive. The incident occurred early Sunday morning, when two young men identified…
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Illegal trade in timber is unstoppable
A sad but true Editorial from El Diario: Illegal trade in timber is unstoppable The felling of trees in forests and jungles of the country goes back many decades; but in recent times this type of drain to our timber wealth grew, no one put a stop to the action of irresponsible people who, even…
Bolivia’s Morales, once leftist climate pact foe, turns pragmatic
Rosalba O’Brien reports for Reuters: Bolivia’s Morales, once leftist climate pact foe, turns pragmatic LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia’s President Evo Morales leaves no doubt about who he blames for global warming. “Capitalism is like a cancer for Mother Earth,” he declared in October to an audience of indigenous groups and farmers, environmental groups and…
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…
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…
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