Bolivian Thoughts opinion: There are mixed feelings about mandatory military service in Bolivia: there were many examples where soldiers were told to do family chores for the officers’ families and simply serve as unpaid workers. And there are also positive things like what my father told me when I was a kid, he said that…
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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…
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