By Ariel Melgar, El Deber: Gary Prado in an interview with EL DEBER The lawyer stated that the case had a strong political impact, as it involved civic, business, and political leaders from Santa Cruz. The IACHR is investigating the deaths of three people resulting from the police intervention at the downtown hotel Seventeen years after…
Tag: MAS does more damage than good
Anti-Corruption Verdict Sets Precedent | Fallo anticorrupción marca precedente
By ABI; Vision 360: Former minister Juan Santos Cruz and a former vice minister sentenced to prison in the 2023 “Kickbacks” case in the Environment Ministry The Litigation Directorate of the Office of the Attorney General of the State reported that the investigation concluded with a guilty verdict against five former officials, including Santos Cruz…
Arce Era: Prominent Figures Jailed Without Justice | Era Arce: líderes encarcelados sin justicia
By Germaine Barriga, Vision 360: During the administration of Arce, prominent figures were imprisoned without their complaints of injustice and mistreatment being heard. Among the former authorities who remained in prison for several years are former president Jeanine Áñez; the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho; former Ministers of Justice Álvaro Coimbra and of…
From Protest Leaders to Electoral Defeat | De líderes de protesta a derrota electoral
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…
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…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 