Editorial, El Deber: Today [02/10/2022] begins the trial against the former constitutional president Jeanine Áñez for the so-called “Coup II case” that the Government of Luis Arce carries against all odds, by direct influence of Evo Morales, to condemn a woman who had the misfortune to occupy the second vice-presidency of the Senate at a…
Tag: authoritarianism
The HUNT has begun! – ¡La CACERÍA comenzó!
Scott Mistler-Ferguson, In Sight Crime: Bolivia Anti-Drug Chief Target of Both Bolivia and United States The US indictment of Bolivia’s former anti-narcotics chief on drug and weapons charges means he could possibly be extradited to the United States – a move that Bolivia will decide following his arrest there on charges of illicit enrichment. Maximiliano…
They hold the MAS responsible for a judicial catastrophe – Responsabilizan al MAS de hecatombe judicial
ANF, El Diario: Judge Rafael Alcón is the example of the “hecatomb” and the “immoral misery of justice” in the country and the Movement for Socialism (MAS) is responsible for the unmerited election of the high authorities of the Council of the Judiciary, stated attorney Williams Bascopé. “The case of Judge Alcón must be the…
Drug factories multiply in the depths of protected areas – Se multiplican las fábricas de droga en las entrañas de las áreas protegidas
Silvana Vincenti, El Deber: Historical data between 2017 and 2021 from the Special Force to Fight Drug Trafficking (Felcn) shows an increase in drug factories within protection zones, forest reserves and indigenous territories “Payroll: Calicha, Negro, Adam, Maira; 4,956 (Kg)”, says the notebook found in May of last year by agents of the Special Force…
Narco 101: Masista legacy – Legado masista
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Narcolabyrinths The crisis of confidence in the Bolivian justice and police becomes more evident in situations like the current one: there is no way for drug traffickers to find a deserved punishment. Such are the links that drug trafficking weaves that, especially in countries like ours, with a discredited Police and subjugated…
Being a politician in Bolivia is a more dangerous crime than a drug trafficker – Ser político en Bolivia es un delito más peligroso que narcotraficante
Jeanine Añez, El Diario: Former president Jeanine Añez affirmed that in Bolivia the exercise of politics has become a more dangerous crime than drug trafficking or pedophilia, alluding to the persecution she denounces against her. “Again I am trying to have the possibility to defend myself in freedom, because in our country, especially for all…
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