Juan Jose Toro, Pagina Siete: Rotten ombudsman The Ombudsman is an institution, or authority, generally established in the constitutions, whose function is to guarantee the rights of citizens against the abuses of political powers. In other words, its essence is to defend the citizen from public powers. When there was a debate to create this…
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Carvajal denounces that they did not let her visit Pumari in Cantumarca – Carvajal denuncia que no le dejaron visitar a Pumari en Cantumarca
Página Siete: The president of the Apdhb pointed out that the order not to let her see the civic potosino came from the Ministry of Government. The president of the Permanent Assembly of Human Rights of Bolivia (Apdhb), Amparo Carvajal, denounced that after hours of waiting, they did not let her see the civic leader…
What they forget in the MAS – Lo que olvidan en el MAS
Página Siete: A little more than a year after having suffered a fracture that led him to lose the Mayor’s Office of El Alto and in the midst of internal expulsions and growing denunciations of prorogation of the leading dome, the MAS, or at least some of its leaders and militants, they blame the right…
IACHR is in Bolivia – CIDH está en Bolivia
ANF, Los Tiempos: IACHR is in Bolivia to monitor compliance with GIEI recommendations A representation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) arrived in Bolivia to carry out an agenda of meetings with authorities, in order to follow up on the implementation of recommendations of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI), on violence…
Record 27 violations of press freedom – Registran 27 vulneraciones a la libertad de prensa
Página Siete: The Observatory of Defenders of Unitas (National Union of Institutions for Social Action Work) registered 27 violations of press freedom in the country, between January and February. The aggression against journalists is the most recurrent type of violation, followed by the impediment of access to information. According to the monitoring carried out by…
The army’s worst moment – El peor momento del ejército
Manfredo Kempff, El Deber: The defection of the commanders It has been a real shame -and a total disappointment- that a general and an admiral of the Armed Forces had decided to accept a short trial to reduce their pre-trial detention and thus achieve their freedom. While other generals and colonels have preferred jail over…
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