Editorial from El Diario: External and internal conspiracy against Bolivia The large criminal groups that have worldwide influence were seriously affected and wounded in their Achilles heel by the victorious insurrectionary popular uprising that last November brought about the overthrow of the autocrat government of Evo Morales, Álvaro García Linera & Co., related to the…
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Three former Bolivian directors arrested in Mexico, Belize plane drug trafficking ring
Riviera Maya News reports: Three former Bolivian directors arrested in Mexico, Belize plane drug trafficking ring Bolivia — With the arrest of three officials, a whole network of drug traffickers has been discovered in high-ranking positions in Bolivia. Former directors of high ranking positions include that of the Administración de Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares a…
The World’s Biggest Legal Coca Industry Might Get Shut Down
Deborah Bonello reports for Vice: A right-wing power grab in Bolivia could spell the end of a system that has likely kept the drug war in check. The landlocked Andean nation of Bolivia is one of three countries in the world that produce the bulk of the world’s coca, the green leafy plant that is…
Woman alleged to have sudden fortune arrested in Bolivia
AP reports for CityNews 1130: LA PAZ, Bolivia — Authorities in Bolivia said Thursday they have arrested a woman with suspected links to drug traffickers who amassed an inexplicable fortune within just a few years. Interior Minister Arturo Murillo told the Unitel television station that Dora Vallejos, 36, turned herself in the night before. “She…
A synonym for cocaine? You mean the Chapare? YES!
No pasa ni una semana sin que se descubran nuevos laboratorios o tráfico de cocaina … evo cambió la naturaleza del Chapare. Not a single week goes by, without the discovery of new labs or cocaine traffic … evo changed Chapare’s nature.
Unmasking the MAS – Desenmascarando al masismo
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Propaganda spending The government of Jeanine Áñez is now facing a difficult dilemma. To face the cynicism of the masistas, she would need to keep the millionaire propaganda budget, but she can’t do it because she must reduce spending to reduce the fiscal deficit and pay salaries. A masista…
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