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…
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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,…
A brazen political trial – Un juicio político descarado
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…
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…
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