Manfredo Kempff writes in El Diario: About Santa Cruz separatism The escape of former prosecutor Marcelo Soza to Brazil may be the end of a curse that fell on the Bolivian people, but particularly for Santa Cruz. A whole rigging mounted with unusual cynicism has kept on suspense hundreds of families who suffered for their…
Tag: police and judicial corruption
Oxymoron? NO, just a Bolivian anti-corruption cop found guilty for extortion!
Shameful news about the head of anti-corruption being found guilty for extortion… another case where high level governmental officers under current ochlocracy are guilty. Follows the official report from the FBI, report from the Miami Herald and link to El Deber’s latest news, with a transcription of the talk between Mario Fabricio Ormachea Aliaga, the extortionist…
Bolivia’s “bonanza” in the verge of fading out…
An Editorial from Los Tiempos: TOWARD THE END OF THE BONANZA All data indicate that we are witnessing the end of a boom cycle, so that urgent steps are needed to break the fall. After more than eight years, during which the good news on economic, followed one after another, to account for one of…
Bolivia 101: Human Rights Practices for 2013
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2013 Bolivia EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Bolivia is a constitutional, multi-party republic with an elected president and a bicameral legislature. In December 2009, in a process deemed free and fair by international observers, citizens re-elected as president Evo Morales Ayma, leader of the…
Bolivian political violence and public opinion
Renzo Abruzzese writes in El Deber: Violence and public opinion The wave of violence shaking the country’s major cities exceeded much the operational capabilities of organizations responsible for their control, their magnitude has led to think that an increase in resources and the addition of assistive technology would contribute to decrease or naturalize the incidence…
Delays in Bolivian Justice: Humand Rights Watch report
The Bolivian Justice System under the scrutiny of the Human Rights Watch. Excerpt of Pagina Siete follow: THE 2014 REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION SPEAKS OF BOLIVIA Human Rights Watch denounces delays in the justice system The document states that some defendants suffered violations of due process and judicial persecution. It also denounces verbal attacks…
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