Tag: democracy in peril
Biased Human Rights Watch
Carlos Valverde, El Deber: Nonsense and crooked humans Now it turns out that Human Rights considers the accusations against Evo Morales disproportionate because “they are only based on the recording of a telephone call between Evo Morales and a peasant leader [1]” who is instructed that the blockades must be forceful and that no food…
Justicia debil – Weak Justice
El Diario: Human Rights Observatory Report Evo Morales weakened the justice system Faced with accusations of manipulation of justice, Minister Yerko Núñez pointed out that the MAS preselected the authorities of the Council of the Magistracy, Agrarian Court, Supreme Court of Justice, Constitutional Court and the State Attorney General. Informe de Observatorio Derechos Humanos Evo…
The legacy of Evo Morales
By Judah Waxelbaum, The Jerusalem Post: Next month, Bolivians will head to the polls to elect a new government. These elections, postponed twice out of fear for voters’ well-being during a global pandemic, carry historical weight for Bolivia’s future. Bolivia ousted its longest-serving president, Evo Morales, in November 2019. Morales’s career is one of socialist authoritarianism, or a champion…
Extorsión – El Alto – Extortion
Editorial, El Deber: A kidnapped mayor The mayor of El Alto, Soledad Chapetón, was kidnapped by residents of the 14th district of that city, and was held in the Virgen de Urkupiña temple from 4:00 p.m. on Saturday until late at night as a measure of pressure to force her to sign an agreement to…
Sin Justicia – No Justice
Editorial, Página Siete: Justice held by MAS One of the previous government’s strategic ideas to co-opt justice was attributed to the former Minister of Justice Héctor Arce, currently under asylum in the residence of the Mexican Embassy: the popular election of magistrates. The mechanism was very simple and effective: the ruling party encouraged hundreds of…
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