The return of narcopolitics | El retorno de la narcopolítica

Editorial, Los Tiempos: In the context of the internal struggle in the MAS, a strong dispute has begun that grows as the hours go by and exposes the alleged links between that party and drug trafficking. This internal political confrontation, whose contenders, within the government party, are the so-called “renovators,” who support President Luis Arce…

Drug trafficking | Narcotráfico

Editorial, El Deber: Bolivia without drug trafficking, a march of all In the midst of a fairly cold ambient temperature due to winds from the south, Santa Cruz took to the streets on Tuesday night as it rarely does, with a shared cry to say no to drug trafficking, no to the crime that comes…

Chapare: Priorities | Prioridades

The first banana export happened under the Alternative Development program, a USAID project. Such export only happened since there were two trucks that came from Arica, Chile with tires and went back empty. The project gave high quality bananas, planting and harvesting techniques, credit, as well as marketing assistance to the banana unions that started…

Narcotraffic = MASismo

Editorial, El Deber: Intolerable drug trafficking in Bolivia The tentacles of drug trafficking spread out of control in Bolivia. The news related to the subject is almost daily, some due to the discovery of packages (increasingly larger) of cocaine; others for crimes or settling scores. What has just happened with some members of the Ayoreo…

Natural parks, land of drugs | Parques naturales, tierra de drogas

Editorial, El Deber: The national parks of Bolivia are abandoned, the State does not take care of them and, as a natural consequence, drug traffickers appropriate them to install their cocaine factories there, when the settlers are not the ones who arrive first to occupy land, to clear and settle illegally with the help of…

What El Chapare hides – Lo que esconde El Chapare

Página Siete: It is known by all that the Chapare of Cochabamba is fertile land for the drug trafficking business, and it is not, as the MAS boss says, a concept that stems from antipathy towards the coca growers in that area or from a mere anti-MAS sentiment. Last month, four drug factories were found…