InsightCrime reports: Report Highlights Overcrowding, Other Problems in Bolivia Prisons Written by Mimi Yagoub A new report details some of the problems facing Bolivia’s prison system, and examines some of the challenges policy makers have confronted in their efforts to reform it. Overcrowding is at critical levels in Bolivian penitentiaries, according to a report by…
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Dozens of Bolivia Prosecutors Dismissed for Corruption
InSight Crime reports: Dozens of Bolivia Prosecutors Dismissed for Corruption Written by Tristan Clavel Authorities in Bolivia say they have dismissed 60 prosecutors for corruption this year, a sign that corruption endures within the judiciary despite government efforts aimed at addressing the issue. Speaking at a November 15 press conference, Bolivian Attorney General Ramiro Guerrero…
Corruption in Bolivia through the cartoon lens
These cartoons displayed on Bolivian newspapers on 08/05/2016 expose Nemesia Achacollo, who has finally been brought to justice! Corruption under the coca grower caudillo, has sprouted to levels none seen before. This populist ochlocracy who has labelled itself [the indigenous] as the moral reserve of humanity could no longer cover its misfits! From El Dia:…
Bolivia denounces to the world: we need AMNESTY for the politically imprisoned and persecuted!
Bolivia certainly has changed during the presidency of the coca grower caudillo, there are over 700 Bolivians that fled the country out of fear for an unjust, biased political persecution, where Justice is completely absent! BOLIVIA DENOUNCES TO THE WORLD: WE DEMAND AMNESTY FOR THE POLITICALLY IMPRISONED AND PERSECUTED!
My Night at Bolivia’s Illegal Cocaine Bar
From the Daily Beast: My Night at Bolivia’s Illegal Cocaine Bar In La Paz, our correspondent finds a legendary basement dive, where the house specialty is not a cocktail, but an illicit tray of the white stuff. It’s a well-known secret in La Paz, Bolivia, that it has an illegal underground cocaine bar, noted as…
UN Reports Small Decrease in Bolivia Coca Cultivation … not damn enough!
InSight Crime reports: UN Reports Small Decrease in Bolivia Coca Cultivation Written by Deborah Bonello Coca cultivation in Bolivia has reached its lowest levels since United Nations monitoring began in 2003, moving the country closer to policy makers’ de facto cap on coca crops. But as transnational drug trafficking intensifies, the world’s third-largest coca producer…
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