Ivan Arias Duran for Pagina Siete: Amnesty now! The national Government has been magnanimous with smugglers and common criminals, because for the former, decreed amnesty for smuggled [chutos] cars (2011) and for the latter, the treatment of a law of pardon (2012). However, it insists on denying the existence of political prisoners while Bolivians know…
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And the current Bolivian public office corruption avalanche continues to damage our image!
Roberto Mendez gives us more details on how wide is the corruption on current central Bolivian government spheres…, from El Dia: Every day that passes the complaints are multiplied Network: the Web expands Extortion. Bakovic, former roads service [manager] said he was one of the first victims and Congressman Oliva made it known that Villegas…
Crisis within current Bolivian ruling political party: MAS
A good analysis by Carlos Cordero Carrafa, La Prensa: The crisis within the MAS The existence and disclosure of an extortion network in upper Government echelons is causing, in addition to the deterioration of the presidential image, a severe crisis inside the ruling party. President Morales and the MAS had attained glittering electoral successes in…
Bolivia Judges Balk at Setting NY Man Free
Governmental corruption continues the turmoil, this time ABC News reports, Ostreicher’s photos appeared in Facebook and Los Tiempos, respectively: Bolivia Judges Balk at Setting NY Man Free By CARLOS VALDEZ and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia December 11, 2012 (AP) A two-judge appeals panel on Tuesday refused a plea to immediately release a…
Bolivia accused of “abduction of State” by American prisoner
This unbelievable news appeared in El Deber: They accuse Bolivia of “abduction of State” by American prisoner Defenders and relatives of American Jacob Ostreicher, imprisoned in Bolivia without charge from a year ago, today accused the Government of Evo Morales’ “abduction of State” and condemned the passivity of the USA on the case. The wife…
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