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…
Tag: human rights
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…
Bolivia welcomes couple from Ukraine after having denied entry – Bolivia acoge a pareja de Ucrania tras haberle negado ingreso
PARIS BEACON MARCH 14, 2022 The initial expulsion of the migrants sparked criticism from the opposition to the government of Bolivian President Luis Arce. A Ukrainian couple who escaped from the war in their country arrived in Bolivia this Sunday (03.13.2022) after being rejected a day earlier, after the government apologized and invited them to…
Military under pressure from MAS – Militares bajo presión del MAS
Editorial, Pagina Siete: The government of Luis Arce Catacora is resorting to all kinds of strategies to impose its rhetoric of the coup d’état, not only in public opinion, but also in the courts, where it has everything to gain because it has obedient judges. In this context, he has resorted to the ignoble tool…
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….
Mercury has catastrophic consequences on Bolivian indigenous peoples, UN experts say
Merco Press [For Spanish version Pagina Siete]: United Nations specialists have sent the Bolivian Government a “Letter of Allegations” after finding irregularities resulting from the unauthorized use of mercury which has brought up environmental and human rights consequences, it was reported Wednesday. UN rapporteurs Marcos Orellana (toxic substances and human rights) and José Francisco Cali…
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