By Mauricio Quiroz Terán, El Deber; Eju.tv: With a one-year delay, over 7.3 million voters across the country have been authorized to elect 26 senior authorities of the Judicial Branch The third judicial election in Bolivia’s history will take place with a one-year delay and will be partial. Not all high-ranking authorities of the Judicial Branch…
Tag: corruption in public office
Null for Nothing at All | Nulo para nada
By Alfonso Gumucio, Brujula Digital: We have a weak and contaminated Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE). The questioned electoral roll hasn’t been reviewed for years. There will be no poll watchers, no TREP, no voting in some departments, no social oversight, no photos of tally sheets at the end of the day, and no possibility of…
Maximiliano Davila: Turned law enforcement into a cocaine trafficking machine | Convirtió la fuerza de la ley en una máquina de tráfico de cocaína
By Paulo Lizarraga, Vision 360: Drug Trafficking DEA concludes that Dávila used his position as anti-drug chief to fuel drug trafficking U.S. judicial authorities condemned in a report the “abhorrent” and “unsurprising” conduct of Bolivia’s former anti-drug czar, who is set to appear for the first time before the country’s justice system today. Dávila was…
Maximiliano Dávila: Exjefe antidrogas de evo, extraditado a USA | Former evo’s anti-drugs chief extradited to the US
Por CBS News: El exjefe antidrogas conocido como “Macho” extraditado desde Bolivia casi tres años después de que EE.UU. ofreciera una recompensa de $5 millones El exjefe antidrogas de Bolivia fue extraditado a Estados Unidos el jueves para enfrentar cargos federales por tráfico de drogas en un tribunal de Nueva York. Las autoridades informaron que…
Manipulation of the Judicial System | Manipulación del Sistema Judicial
By ERBOL, El Dia: Justice Tailored to Fit: The Manipulation of the Judicial System in Bolivia The Bolivian judicial system is facing a structural crisis marked by corruption, politicization, and a lack of independence. Illustration image. Photo: Internet. The severe crisis of the Bolivian judicial system The Bolivian judicial system faces a structural crisis that…
What happened, Mr. President? | ¿Qué le pasó Presidente?
By Manfredo Kempff Suárez, Eju.tv: We would have preferred to write about the hasty escape of the cruel Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad from Damascus to Russia after 24 years of dictatorship, following 30 years of his father’s rule. But the events in Bolivia keep one anchored to the country. Writing about the terrible war involving…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 