Human Rights Watch 2019 report: People from different departments of Bolivia march towards La Paz against the nomination of Bolivian President Evo Morales as candidate for reelection for the October 2019 national elections, in Villa Remedios, Bolivia, on December 5, 2018. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) authorized the nomination of Evo Morales for a fourth…
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Bolivia: Dozens of Judges Arbitrarily Dismissed
OAS Should Condemn Threat to Judicial Independence Bolivia’s President Evo Morales speaks during a press conference about judicial elections at the presidential palace, in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday Dec. 4, 2017. © 2017 AP Photo/Juan Karita (New York, April 29, 2019) – Bolivian authorities have arbitrarily dismissed almost 100 judges since 2017, seriously undermining…
Rodríguez Veltzé refrains from pronouncing on 21F [what a cowardly behavior from a despicable individual!]
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: Eduardo Rodriguez has failed Bolivia by excusing himself to express his opinion regarding the illegality and illegitimacy of evo to run again for the presidency. Eduardo, a Harvard graduate from the Kennedy School of Government has failed his country, big time! Bolivians expected from him a clear position regarding the autocrat’s decision…
Amnesty International demands that Bolivia ‘stop arbitrarily expelling’ dissidents from Venezuela
ANF reports for El Deber: The organization activated an Urgent Action to ask Bolivia, through Minister Carlos Romero, to “stop arbitrarily expelling” Venezuelan dissidents who need international protection The world organization Amnesty International, present in more than 150 countries, demanded that the national authorities of Bolivia, and in particular the government minister, Carlos Romero, stop…
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,…
The cynicism of Evo Morales’s reelection bid in Bolivia
Francisco Toro for The Washington Post: President Evo Morales of Bolivia is preparing to run for an unprecedented fourth term. (David Mercado/Reuters) Not much remains of the pink wave — the tide of left-wing governments that swept Latin America at the turn of the century. One way or another, country after country has turned back…
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