Editorial, Los Tiempos: There is no doubt that Santa Cruz has set the public agenda for the year that has just ended. In the first place, if it were not for this region, the Government would have imposed a decree for the postponement of the National Population and Housing Census, which was to be carried…
Tag: democracy in peril
Time of stress and uncertainty | Tiempo de tensión e incertidumbre
Editorial, El Deber: Luis Fernando Camacho Vaca spent his third night in Chonchocoro, the maximum security prison in La Paz. The appeal to preventive detention is still pending, but nothing good can be expected from the Bolivian justice system, clearly submissive to the instructions of the MAS government. In a virtual hearing, with a judge…
The kidnap of an elected official and gov’s despise on human rights! – ¡El secuestro de un funcionario electo y el desprecio del gobierno por los derechos humanos!
Reuters, ABC.net.au: Bolivian protesters burn cars, clash with police after governor arrested Protesters in Bolivia’s Santa Cruz, a relatively wealthy farming region, have attacked buildings, burned cars and blocked highways as part of a 24-hour strike on Friday following the arrest of the regional governor, a right-wing opposition leader. Key points: As night fell, protesters…
Eurolegislators about the dictatorial attitude of Arce | Eurolegisladores sobre la actitud dictatorial de Arce
Juan Pérez, Página Siete: Due to the imprisonment of Camacho, euro parliamentarians announce a session to request sanctions against the Government of Arce Eurolegislators point out that a brake must be put on the “dictatorial attitude” assumed by the president of Bolivia, Luis Arce. After the imprisonment of the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando…
Authoritarianism imprisons more than 150 citizens | Autoritarismo encarcela más de 150 ciudadanos
Diego Seas, El Deber: Daughter of Jeanine Áñez regrets that like hers, more than 150 families will spend Christmas with an empty chair at the table In an emotional video posted on her networks, she reminds the Bolivian people of the situation they are experiencing Carolina Ribera Áñez, daughter of former president Jeanine Áñez, denounced…
Arce, Zúñiga y los “enemigos internos” | Arce, Zúñiga and the “internal enemies”
Editorial, El Deber: During the anniversary ceremony of the Army, President Arce returned to the charge with the refrain of the coup, destabilizing efforts, separatists and other musings very much in his style. In the two years of his administration, he does not seem to have noticed the national weariness caused by his well-worn discursive…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 