El Dia reports: ‘He was under Soza’s orders’ The opposition deputy Luis Felipe Dorado said on Sunday that the current director of the Special Force of Fight Against Crime (Felcc) Santa Cruz, Colonel Jhonny Aguilera, was part of the hoax in the Rózsa case that caused the death of three foreigners during the police raid…
Tag: democracy in peril
21-F generates new protest actions [Bolivian Democracy in peril]
El Diario reports, photo obtained from the internet: Defense of the citizen vote According to the activist of the OIP platform, Beto Astorga, the population should be aware that in these elections there are two illegally qualified candidates. Activists defending 21-F, will perform various citizen events to remind citizens that the candidates of the government,…
Trump administration denounces Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba, but remains silent on Bolivia. Huge mistake!
Andres Oppenheimer writes for Miami Herald, for the Spanish version, please click here: When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited a number of Latin American countries last week, he made several speeches denouncing the dictatorships of Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba. But, regrettably, he didn’t say a word about Bolivia. It wasn’t an oversight. The Trump…
Meet the Candidates: Bolivia
Americas Quarterly Online reports: In his controversial push for a fourth term, Evo Morales faces another former president. ———————————————————————————————– Election Date: Oct. 20 Format: Two rounds. If no candidate receives at least 50% of votes in the first round, or 40% with a 10-point lead over second place, the two leading candidates will compete in a run-off…
Ten years on, family of Irishman killed in Bolivia still wait for answers
Tom Hennigan reports for The Irish Times: Investigation into death of Michael Dwyer in police raid held up by ‘farcical’ related trial Michael Dwyer: The Bolivian state’s version of what happened leading up to and during the police raid in which Dwyer was killed has been contradicted by eyewitnesses and leaked video from inside…
Permanent tourism and economic crisis [evo’s boondoggles]
A clear strong Editorial from El Diario; graph displayed below was found when searching in the web for Bolivia economic crisis: The growth of the State’s external debt; the decrease in international reserves and external investments; the increase in public debt; Among other aspects, they are not good indicators of the country’s health, at a…
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