AFP, France 24: Ex-Bolivia interim president Anez gets 3 more months’ prison La Paz (AFP) – Former Bolivian interim president Jeanine Anez, imprisoned since March 2021 for her alleged role in a coup d’etat, will remain in detention for at least three more months, a court ruled Monday. Hailed as a “political prisoner” by her supporters,…
Tag: authoritarianism
The paranoia of the masista boss – La paranoia del jefe masista
Editorial, Página Siete: If Mariano Melgarejo (April 13, 1820 – November 23, 1871) did not trust even his shirt, Evo Morales should not trust at this time not even his shadow, since in recent weeks he has shown signs equivalent to a disorder of paranoid personality. For Bolivians it is well known that the head…
Can a MAS government be trusted? – ¿Se puede confiar en un gobierno masista?
Maggy Talavera, El Deber: Before sovereign bonds, confidence bonds It may be asking for pears from the elm tree, but as they say that there is no worse management than the one that is not done, here we come to share a reflection moved by the need and urgency that the national reality poses to…
Military under pressure from MAS – Militares bajo presión del MAS
Editorial, Pagina Siete: The government of Luis Arce Catacora is resorting to all kinds of strategies to impose its rhetoric of the coup d’état, not only in public opinion, but also in the courts, where it has everything to gain because it has obedient judges. In this context, he has resorted to the ignoble tool…
How did Bolivia’s judicial system become one of the worst in the world? – ¿Cómo el sistema judicial de Bolivia se convirtió en uno de los peores del mundo?
Luis Yáñez, El Deber: Since the beginning of the operations of the Bolivian judicial system, it has had serious structural deficiencies for its operation. However, this crisis has worsened in recent years. Indeed, its functioning and institutionalization have suffered a worrying deterioration since the assumption of power by former President Evo Morales in 2006. Since…
Without regulations, ethics or morals – Sin normativa, ética ni moral
Editorial, El Diario: The institutional collapse is so deep in the country, that it encompasses all public agencies, those that openly adhere to the disaster. Its components are non-compliance with current regulations, but above all contempt for ethics and morals. No institution is on the sidelines, be it Justice, Public Ministry, Executive ministries, decentralized entities,…
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