Andres Gomez, Página Siete: Justice? No it’s revenge –Did someone do justice to me and other people? On the contrary, I even lost my job– a person told me who was a victim of violence promoted by the elite of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) in November 2019. Hours later I learned that prosecutors and…
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Bolivia: Ex-president Anez to serve pre-trial detention
Deutsche Welle: The former Bolivian leader said on Twitter she had to serve four months “to await a trial for a ‘coup’ that never happened.” Former Bolivian President Jeanine Anez said on Sunday she had been given a four-month pre-trial detention after she was arrested on charges linked to the ousting of her predecessor Evo Morales. Morales…
The game is over – El juego ha terminado
Renzo Abruzzese, Pagina Siete: The game is over. That could be a good title to express the defeat of the MAS in the sub-national elections. The game that the masista regime played happily and without any modesty for almost three decades ended. The threats, intimidation, the “carrying” of electoral mercenaries, the infinity of lies and…
Lucho and evo are the same crap, Bolivian democracy is in serious peril!
Bolivia ex-president Anez arrested in ‘coup’ probe: minister Bolivia’s former interim president Jeanine Anez was arrested early Saturday in relation to the 2019 political crisis in which she replaced predecessor Evo Morales, according to a government minister. “I inform the Bolivian people that Mrs. Jeanine Anez has already been apprehended and is currently in the…
Bye evo – Chau evo
Rafael Archondo, Pagina Siete: The decline of the blue strategist The mayors, councilors, governors and departmental assembly members who will leave their posts next May are the sub-national authorities that have governed or legislated the longest in their jurisdictions. The political crisis of 2019 gave them an additional year of management. Only some such as…
Bolivia: Amnesty Decree Opens the Door to Impunity – Decreto de amnistía permite la impunidad
Human Rights Watch, UN: Appears Designed to Favor Government Supporters (Washington, DC, March 11, 2021) – A presidential decree approved by Bolivia’s Congress in February 2021 opens the door to impunity for serious crimes, Human Rights Watch said today. The decree provides a blanket amnesty to people prosecuted during the previous government for crimes related to…
