AFP, France24: Six months after being arrested on coup charges by a Bolivian government allied to her political rival Evo Morales, ex-president Jeanine Anez is still awaiting a trial date. The 54-year-old, who claims she is the victim of “political persecution,” attempted suicide in a jail in La Paz last month while suffering from “severe…
Tag: bad politics
«Raza» y clase – “Race” and class
Andres Gomez, Pagina Siete: A few days ago, a lady in a blue scarf came up to blurt me out with an ideological stench that had betrayed my race by not supporting evismo. WTH! Why does this lady trigger her fanaticism at me if I don’t believe in races?, I said to myself and kept…
Gobierno debe garantizar seguridad de Amparo Carvajal – Government must guarantee the safety of Amparo Carvajal
Brujula Digital, El Diario: Human Rights Watch about Amparo Carvajal The director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch (HRW), José Miguel Vivanco, expressed his concern about the threats that were issued in recent days by the warrior army “Wila Lluch’us” (red caps), in the sense to burn down the house of the president…
El uso indebido de bienes del Estado – evo – The misuse of State property
Editorial, El Deber: Four planes of the Bolivian Air Force (FAB) were used by an Argentine production team, which arrived in the country to interview Evo Morales, on their transfers to the Chimoré region, says the complaint filed by opposition deputy Luciana Campero, from Citizen Community (CC). In that production, the Argentine businessman and actor…
Wildfires devastate Bolivian nature reserves
Phys.org: Wildfires, mostly started intentionally, have scorched almost 600,000 hectares of land in eastern Bolivia already this year, authorities said. On Monday night there were 20 active fires in Santa Cruz state affecting seven protected areas. The government said 200,000 hectares (495,000 acres) had burned in just two days. Most of the fires are in…
Bolivia: deplorable
Manfredo Kempff, El Deber: La Bolivia deplorable Ver a la expresidente Jeanine Áñez prisionera y enferma y al expresidente Evo Morales exultante, viajero, mandón, petulante y agresivo es algo inconcebible. Ella, Jeanine Áñez, no hizo sino obedecer lo que dictaba la Constitución cuando accedió al mando en noviembre de 2019, sin buscar nada; él, Evo…
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