By El Diario: They confirm that drug traffickers take refuge in Bolivia The United States’ decertification of Bolivia, as a country failing to comply with international agreements against drug trafficking, confirms that the nation is a safe haven for narcotrafficking. The Government, however, insists on denying the presence of cartels, describing them merely as emissaries…
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Narcotraffick 101: The masista legacy | Narcotráfico 101: El legado masista
By Jorge Soruco, Visión 360: The country’s privileged geographic location is coveted by criminal groups Bolivia: a hub for drug production, transit, and distribution for cartels Cartels from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico operate in Bolivia, sparking violence and exposing the lack of international coordination, according to experts. Cases of cartels in Bolivia. CREATION: Abecor…
Meet Armin Lluta, the Yungas native who made it to Parliament and proposes repealing the coca law | Conozca a Armin Lluta, el yungueño que saltó al parlamento y que propone abrogar la ley de la coca
By Brújula Digital: During Sunday’s elections, coca grower from the Yungas region, Armin Lluta, was elected as single-member deputy for constituency 16 in the department of La Paz, representing the Libre alliance, which nominated Jorge Tuto Quiroga. The new deputy Armin Lluta with his parents. Photo: Courtesy Lluta was born in the community of Nogalani,…
Evo Morales is not the people | Evo Morales no es el pueblo
By Juan José Toro, Brújula Digital: True to a style we’ve gotten used to more than 20 years later, Evo Morales has used the high proportion of null votes in the August 17 elections to claim that this is a “triumph of the Bolivian people.” The statement would make sense were it not for a…
The key issue: Individual Land Titling | La clave: Titulación individual de la tierra
By Lourdes Molina, ElDeber: Tuto Quiroga Proposes Individual Land Titling Tuto closed his campaign at the Parque Urbano in Santa Cruz | Photo: Fuad Landívar Tuto ended his campaign in Parque Urbano in Santa Cruz | Photo: Fuad LandívarAlianza Libre closed its campaign in Santa Cruz with a show at Parque Urbano. The alliance’s candidates…
The Secret Pact Between Tuto and Samuel | El pacto secreto de Tuto y Samuel
By Ronald MacLean, El Día: In July 1997, Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, the elected vice president alongside Hugo Banzer Suárez, and Samuel Doria Medina, who had run for vice president with Jaime Paz Zamora, traveled to Washington, DC. Their mission: to negotiate the acceptance of the MIR’s incorporation into the new Bolivian government. Tuto brought with…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 