Pagina Siete: Militias, that madness The so-called Coordinator for the Defense of Democracy, which responds to the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), was launched yesterday with the mad idea of changing the Constitution to create armed militias in the country destined to replace the Armed Forces. If there were not a context of hardening of the…
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US Trial Opens for Bolivian ex-President in 2003 Killings
An unbiased, impartial Justice system is the perfect setting to bring light over these unfortunate fatalities. Bolivia has certainly not have a Judicial probo. Social unrest sprouted after evo, Mallku, Patana, et al., from other radical leftist organizations gathered and decided to promote turmoil and defy the democratic structure in Bolivia. Who incited violence? Who…
TCP rejects conscientious objection and military service is compulsory
Maria Silvia Trigo reports for El Deber: TCP rejects conscientious objection and military service is compulsory The Plurinational Constitutional Court ruled that conscientious objection is unconstitutional and that military service is compulsory at 18 years old. The Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP) declared unconstitutional the right to conscientious objection, so that military service is still obligatory…
Bernardino Bilbao Rioja, unsung hero
Jorge Espinoza writes in El Diario: Bernardino Bilbao Rioja, unsung hero Bernardino Bilbao Rioja was a prominent personality in the political-military sphere in Bolivian history. Born in Arampampa, Potosi, May 20, 1895. At 17, he entered the Military Academy of the Army in the city of La Paz, before being awarded a scholarship to Chile,…
Daughter of officer who captured Che Guevara becomes Bolivia’s first female general
I liked this report from latino.foxnews.com; Daughter of officer who captured Che Guevara becomes Bolivia’s first female general Following in her father’s history-making footsteps, the daughter of the man who led the Bolivian army unit that captured famed Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara has been named the first female general in the history of the…
Under Bolivia’s current gov: Absence of state and the assault to institutionality
Susana Seleme writes in El Dia: Absence of state and the assault to institutionality 1. What analysis can be made on the conflict with the low-ranking military? The unprecedented insubordination of sergeants and non commissioned officers of the armed forces, with massive marches in the capital, and other small demonstrations in Santa Cruz de la Sierra,…
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