El Diario Editorial, photo from the internet: As time passes, the serious contradictions in the agrarian question, contained in the current Political Constitution of the State, the INRA Law dictated by the government of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and the Law of Community Reconciliation of the Agrarian Reform approved by the government of Evo Morales,…
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Corruption hits the Bolivian Police
El Diario reports: They ask for Legislative intervention The exercise of internal power and political patronage; order of destinations, assessment of promotions and internal judicial processes, are part of the chain, according to the retired policeman Jorge Santisteban For the commander Rómulo Delgado, the particular cases do not involve the fundamental institution of the State….
Bolivian roads 101 under evo!
Editorial from Pagina Siete, pictures from the internet when searching for poor condition roads in Bolivia: Abandoned roads A few days ago we commented in this same space that government inefficiency is increasingly evident. The example used was that of the creation of the social security manager that, after nine years, has not yet been…
BOLIVIA 2018 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
A very interesting report from the Department of State of the USG, complete document can be found at the bottom link, follows pertaining excerpts: Execute Summary Bolivia is a constitutional, multiparty republic with an elected president and a bicameral legislature. In 2014, in a process deemed free but whose fairness was questioned by international observers,…
21F: former president Pastrana accepts being “ambassador” [evo … your days are numbered!]
ANF thru Pagina Siete: The Pro Santa Cruz Committee asked former President of Colombia Andres Pastrana to be ambassador of 21F. He accepted and promised to ask the president of his country, Ivan Duque, to submit a request to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the application of Article 23 of the American Convention…
Can jaguar tourism save Bolivia’s fast dwindling forests?
Mongabay has released a wonderful story about our biodiversity and wildlife peril … please use this link to read in full and admire those wonderful photos! https://news.mongabay.com/2019/03/can-jaguar-tourism-save-bolivias-fast-dwindling-forests/ Few countries in the tropics have seen trees chopped down as quickly as Bolivia did between 2001 and 2017. Within Bolivia, nearly two-thirds of that loss occurred in…
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