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…
Tag: police and judicial corruption
Twenty years filled with corruption and drug trafficking, unpunished! | Veinte años plagados de corrupción y narcotráfico, ¡impunes!
By El Diario: Congresswoman Toribia Lero Citizens must not forget 20 years of Morales and ‘masismo’ Congresswoman Toribia Lero (CC), while emphasizing that Evo Morales cannot escape his responsibilities with the justice system, stated that the population should not forget the nearly twenty years of MAS rule, during which corruption and drug trafficking levels increased….
Uncertain State of the Electoral Roulette | Estado incierto de la ruleta electoral
By Walter Guevara, Vision 360: The electoral roulette is spinning wildly. We can all bet on the winner, hoping that the country doesn’t end up as the loser. No opposition candidate can win the next presidential election without securing a majority of votes from the emerging middle class. This sector blindly voted for the MAS…
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…
The Infiltration of Drug Trafficking | La infiltración del narcotráfico
By William Herrera Áñez, El Dia: The infiltration of drug trafficking and corruption within the Bolivian police seem to have turned the “verde olivo” into a “threat” to society and the State itself. The way Captain Aldunate Meneses was killed resembles a typical drug cartel execution. What makes this case unique is that he was…
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