Jeanine Añez, El Diario: Former president Jeanine Añez affirmed that in Bolivia the exercise of politics has become a more dangerous crime than drug trafficking or pedophilia, alluding to the persecution she denounces against her. “Again I am trying to have the possibility to defend myself in freedom, because in our country, especially for all…
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A weeping coward and also undesirable – Un cobarde llorón y además indeseable
Humberto Vacaflor, El Deber: A very long whimper Two years and months have passed since coca grower Morales resigned from the presidency and fled the country, but the whining remains intact, from himself and his judicial team paid for revenge. The attorney general continues to order trials against government officials who had to take over…
Who governs? – Bolivia – ¿Quien gobierna?
Andrés Gómez, Página Siete: Luis’ dilemma From the first day of his inauguration, the cabinet of President Luis Arce ruled for Evo Morales. Then to the hardest core of his electorate. However, what a paradox! Morales is not satisfied with the cabinet that governed for him. He wants more persecuted, more imprisoned, more unhappy Bolivian…
Political use of justice – Bolivia – Uso político de la justicia
Human Rights Watch observes 16 years of political use of justice in Bolivia [Use this link to read the full World Report 2022 pertaining Bolivia, excerpt follows on Justice] Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, HRW: Political interference has plagued Bolivia’s justice system for years. The Jeanine Áñez government (November 2019-2020) pursued baseless charges against political opponents….
Bolivian political opposition – La oposición política boliviana
Renzo Abruzzese, PaginaSiete: Opposition parliamentarians In one thing the MAS has been more than efficient, in installing in the public perception the image of an inefficient, maladjusted, inoperative, inept opposition; any negative and denigrating qualifier fits what the ruling party wants to build as the image of the opposition deputies and senators. Under the fascist…
Endless tensions – Tensiones sin fin
Editorial, Los Tiempos: In recent months we have experienced an environment marked by political tensions and social mobilizations. Tensions that occurred for various reasons and that the proximity of the end-of-year festivities seemed to mitigate, until the scandal of ghost items broke out in the Santa Cruz Mayor’s Office, quickly used for partisan purposes. It…
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