Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: Until now, the Police have not evicted the invaders who intend to seize 26,500 hectares in the Guarayos province. The lands were declared fiscally unavailable by INRA. They have already displaced the inhabitants of five communities The same group that invaded lands in Las Londras and kidnapped a group of journalists…
Tag: corruption in public office
Democracy in peril | Democracia en peligro
Editorial, Página Siete: Huarachi and the 5 thousand miners who did not arrive In the documentary Red November, by the filmmaker Verónica Córdoba, former President Evo Morales and former Vice President Álvaro García Linera maintain that they resigned from their positions to avoid bloodshed because, according to them, on the morning of November 10, 2019,…
Bolivia: Without plan due to uncontrolled use of mercury | Sin plan ante uso descontrolado de mercurio
El Diario: The UN rapporteur, Marco Orellana, expressed concern about the little effort to prevent the use of the chemical in mining that affects the country’s indigenous peoples. Likewise, he said that the trafficking of mercury from Bolivia to the countries of the region frustrates international efforts to eliminate its use in the extraction of…
The strike ends and the”arrogance” of the gov persists | Termina el paro y “la arrogancia” del gob persiste
Tanya Imaña, El Deber: The strike ends and they say that if the government’s “arrogance” persists, new pressure measures for the census will be defined on Thursday This was announced at a meeting of the Interinstitutional Committee held at the UAGRM The Inter-institutional Committee, in its evaluation of this Monday’s strike, announces that after the…
Bolivia: Fails to meet standards for the elimination of trafficking | Incumple estándares para la eliminación de trata
El Diario: Authorities prosecuted fewer traffickers, specialized services for victims remained scarce, and efforts to target labor were negligible, according to the document. Recommends increased efforts to investigate, prosecute, and convict traffickers, including perpetrators of forced labor and criminality. The Government of Bolivia does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of…
Another lost arbitration | Otro arbitraje perdido
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Once again, the Bolivian State has lost an arbitration before the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the international body established by the World Bank for these disputes between States and private investors. The arbitration that the State has lost this time was filed in 2018 by the Spanish group…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 