By Gonzalo Colque, Vision 360: Far from operating in secrecy, drug trafficking moves in broad daylight, injecting millions into the national economy. Drug trafficking is often taught in university classrooms as an “underground economy” that operates in the shadows, but this view is misleading. In daily life, it is visible to everyone: businesses with few…
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Coca Gains Ground in Protected Areas | La coca gana terreno en áreas protegidas
Editorial, El Deber: The expansion of coca cultivation in Bolivia’s protected areas has reached alarming levels, according to the latest report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The increase in these territories between 2022 and 2023 was 34%, raising the cultivated area to 583 hectares within the country’s forests. At the…
Narco-state | Narcoestado
By Andrés Gómez, Visión 360: It is essential for the state to guarantee the safety of people engaged in lawful economic activities in high-risk areas. Moreover, it must promote investment in productive projects in regions where drug trafficking is the primary source of income. Two hitmen shot and killed Captain Juan Carlos Aldunate with seven…
Bolivia: Narco-state or Rogue State? | ¿Narcoestado o Estado forajido?
By Guido Añez Moscoso, Eju.tv: Bolivia: Narco-state or Rogue State? I can’t and won’t lose my capacity for astonishment at the news from my country. Yesterday, I heard cocalero leader Evo Morales accuse the Vice Minister of Social Defense and Fight Against Narcotrafficking, Jaime Mamani, also a cocalero leader, of protecting some drug traffickers and…
Drug trafficking and attack on press freedom | Narcotráfico y agresión a la libertad de prensa
Rodolfo Huallpa, Brujula Digital: In Yapacaní, a journalist is expelled from the Municipal Council for asking about a drug trafficking case Councilors Reynaldo Hurtado and Rigoberto Blanco at the time they rebuke the journalist. Photo: screenshot. Journalist Marcelino Rodríguez, director of radio Omega in the municipality of Yapacaní, was stigmatized and prevented from accessing information…
Has Bolivia become a “narco-state”? | ¿Se ha convertido Bolivia en un “narcoestado”?
Rosa Muñoz, Deutsche Welle: The political dispute between the president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, and former president Evo Morales reveals more and more public complaints about drug trafficking networks and corruption. “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire” The fight between former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) and his former heir apparent and current president of Bolivia, Luis…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 