Página Siete: Six years after the NO to Evo Six years ago, on February 21, 2016 (21F), 51.3% of Bolivians rejected a fourth consecutive re-nomination of Evo Morales for the Presidency, but the Masista leader did not accept a NO and, in complicity with magistrates of the Plurinational Constitutional Court, managed to force a preposterous…
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Justice Manipulation – Manipulación de la Justicia
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,…
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…
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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