Los tiempos: Study reveals that Bolivia ranks second to last in the fight against corruption Bolivia is located in the penultimate place, out of 15 Latin American countries, after falling in its Capacity to Combat Corruption (CCC) in the period 2020-2021, according to the study carried out by Americas Society/Council of the Americas and Control…
Tag: police and judicial corruption
Iván Lima: muddies Bolivian justice – enloda la justicia boliviana
Editorial, El Deber: The sad role of the Minister of Justice The act of interpellation to the Minister of Justice, Iván Lima Magne, in the Legislative Assembly was anything but that, a grotesque spectacle more typical of the worst face of politics, the one that exhibits cynicism, manipulation and lies, than of a respectable state…
Corruption! – ¡Corrupción!
Marcelo Ostria, Los Tiempos: The frequency of acts of corruption by public officials in Bolivia no longer surprise anyone. These were -and are- tolerated by the Government and the administration of justice, and practiced by State officials. Since last week, the imprisonment in the United States of the former Minister of Government, Arturo Murillo, by…
Discredit of justice – Desprestigio de la justicia
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Council of the Magistracy and discredit of justice The discredit and loss of prestige that affect the Bolivian administration of justice is not a matter of concern for the Council of the Magistracy, the instance of the Judicial Organ responsible, according to the Constitution, “for the disciplinary regime of the ordinary, agro-environmental…
Áñez, the symbol of the authoritarianism of the MAS – Áñez, el símbolo del autoritarismo del MAS
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Former President Jeanine Áñez, imprisoned for two months, is becoming the symbol of the authoritarianism with which the MAS seeks to manage the State, of the party’s own contradictory internal dynamics and, also, of the inefficiency of a government that, six months after its inauguration, it is unable to steer the ship…
Galloping corruption! – ¡Corrupción galopante!
Editorial, El Diario: Official inefficiency accelerates corruption As unemployment has “face for everything,” it is said that having well-paid jobs in the informal economy is the easiest. Every position has “officials ready for anything” (and they queue at the doors of the boss). This has always been a prevailing reality at all times because, from…
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