CPJ.org: Bogotá, November 4, 2021 – Bolivian authorities must conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the abduction and assault of six journalists by a group of armed men and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On October 28, seven reporters, photographers, and camera operators for several Bolivian media…
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Avasalladores son una mafia, generan inseguridad ciudadana – Bullies are a mafia, they generate public insecurity
El Diario: In the name of poverty, they enter municipal sites. These groups exert violence as a method of intimidation “The bullies are the ones who destroy, generate public insecurity, there are armed groups, here (La Paz) there are mafia groups that intimidate the neighbors, threaten them, beat them, the bullies have become a national…
Paro indefinido – Nov 8 – Indefinite strike
Ivan A Paredes, El Deber: An indefinite strike is announced as of November 8; the MAS reproaches Trade unionists, transporters and doctors give the government until November 7 to repeal Law 1386. The ruling party says that the strike “will be a failure.” The measure would start from November 8 The unionists and other sectors…
¡Masismo sinónimo de conflicto! – Masismo synonymous with conflict!
Editorial, Los Tiempos: The imminent conflict over Law 1386 The pause in the mobilizations for the repeal of Law 1386 on the National Strategy to Combat the Legitimization of Illicit Profits could be the preamble to more conflictive days than those prior to the withdrawal of bill 218, just over two weeks ago. In effect,…
Violentas amenazas – ABECOR – Violent threats
Página Siete: Guarantees for Abecor One of the prides of Página Siete is to count, on a daily basis, with Abecor‘s art because it challenges power and society as a whole with issues that range from abuse of power to machismo, through corruption, attacks on the freedom of expression or inconsistencies incurred by national leaders….
Masismo sin moral – Masismo without morals
Carlos Toranzo, Pagina Siete: When there is no moral Bolivia is not only experiencing a crisis of excess patronage and state pre-bendanism, what we are looking at at present is deeper than that, it is about the moral degradation of power due to the absence of ethics, due to the total loss of the values…
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