Felipe Bächtold & José Marques, Folha; Paula Bianchi, The Intercept Brasil, report for Folha de Sao Paulo: Case was shared by Lava Jato prosecutors; former president denies illicit While negotiating a plea bargain agreement, businessman Léo Pinheiro, former president of OAS, said the construction company undertook work in Bolivia to please former president Lula (PT)….
Tag: police and judicial corruption
Five cases show that drug traffickers rule in Bolivia
Nelson Peredo reports for La Prensa: Until August, at least five cases of drug trafficking showed that this illicit business continues to rule in Bolivia. The investigation about Pedro Montenegro, the Candia-Castedo clans (in Beni) and Copa (in El Alto), the Paolo Lumia case, the police officers detained with cocaine in Oruro and the narco…
What to do when Bolivia hates you
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: Lewis Manalo fails even with the title of this article … he and the company that made this video game, do not apologize for using our country’s name! This piece and its heading is just a pathetic attempt to cover his faults. This article is basically a useless rant of someone who…
Bolivia Forestry Officials Profit from Harvest of Illegal Wood
Yuri Neves reports for InSight Crime: Officials within the agency entrusted with protecting Bolivia’s forests falsified data and provided documents legitimizing the illegal harvesting of timber, a scheme that occurs throughout South America. René Noel Sivila Céspedes is accused of signing more than 2,096 documents that allowed for the clearing of protected areas while he was the…
How much cocaine is produced in Bolivia?
Carlos Böhrt writes in Pagina Siete In recent months several cases of illicit drug trafficking derived from coca have been discovered in our country, while at the same time making visible the relations of some of the people involved in this illegal trafficking with leaders and personalities of the government party. The issue, without a…
Bolivia: Hostility against human rights defenders
Amnesty International reports for ReliefWeb: BOLIVIA: DEFENDERS AT RISK BY ACCUSATIONS AND THREATS FROM AUTHORITIES The highest government authorities in Bolivia, including President Evo Morales and his government minister, Carlos Romero, have publicly accused and threatened human rights defenders and organizations critical of their policies, demonizing them and hampering their important work, says Amnesty International…
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