By Germaine Barriga, Vision 360: From leaders of the 2019 struggle to defeated at the polls: Camacho and Pumari fall in Santa Cruz and Potosí Luis Fernando Camacho and Marco Antonio Pumari lost the elections for governors of their departments. In Santa Cruz, the current governor, who ran for reelection, is in third place with…
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Subnational elections reshape Bolivia’s regional power | Elecciones subnacionales redefinen el poder regional en Bolivia
By Erbol: SUBNATIONAL ELECTIONS Between emerging alliances and MAS legacies, regional power in Bolivia is being reshaped The subnational elections have produced a new regional political map, where positions of representation have been distributed among different political forces that will now take center stage in this new political phase. Some alliances have confirmed their emergence…
Arce Family Under Fire | Familia de Arce bajo la lupa
By Erbol: Prosecutor’s Office investigates Luis Alberto Arce Catacora’s family for illicit gains and will seek prison for his son Marcelo Arce with his children in a photo he posted in 2020. The Public Prosecutor’s Office has initiated an ex officio investigation for the crime of money laundering (illicit gains) against the family of former president Luis…
Arrest Shakes Political Circle | Aprehensión sacude el entorno político
By El Deber: Arrest of Luis Marcelo Arce, son of the former president, for money laundering Officers of the Bolivian Police arrested Luis Marcelo Arce Mosqueira this Wednesday in the Equipetrol area, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, as part of an investigation into the alleged crime of money laundering. The arrest was carried out…
Indigenous Fund Scandal Resurfaces | Escándalo del Fondo Indígena Reaparece
By Unitel: Embezzlement in the Indigenous Fund: “They were the Nemesia, Lidia and Felipa team,” says former director arrested this Monday Elvira Parra stated that Lidia Patty must clarify what destination she gave to the money she requested from the Indigenous Fund. “Doña Nemesia (Achacollo) approved and authorized it,” she declared. Elvira Parra was arrested…
Bolivia’s Gold Bill Comes Due | La factura del oro de Bolivia
By Brujula Digital: BCB: $921 million needed to cover advance gold sale carried out under Arce’s administration “We have been left with that inheritance that all Bolivians will have to pay for in this 2026 term,” explained the president of the BCB. The president of the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB), David Espinoza, speaks to…
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