El Diario’s editorial clearly reflects current Bolivian government’s performance: Failure of the “campaign against corruption” More than six years ago the then brand-new Government of Evo Morales announced with energetic attitude and deployment of advertising that it would end with the corruption problem that had acquired epidemic character and threatened to spread like oil on…
Tag: police and judicial corruption
Using humor to understand corruption in Bolivia
This is from El Diario, May 29, 2012: Two people talking at the balconies of the former Congress, now Assembly: Woman 1: “…Congressman “Osney” wants to be given Bs7,000 bonuses! Says his congressman stipend is Bs12,000 is misery and it doesn’t even cover his expenses..!” Woman 2: “…it must be because of that… some of…
Bolivian police under its most severe crisis of all times…
“Law & Order” in current Bolivia is just a TV show you can watch over cable TV, just that… no Law, no Order… unfortunately. Criminality rates on the rise, community enforcement bordering lynching and police force spending more time controlling/preventing/attacking street riots, blockades are part of the existing “Order”. The following cartoons show this month’s…
Bolivian corruption increases to alarming rates!!
This cartoon portrays how corruption is affecting our daily lives, in this case, the so-called ministry for anti-corruption and transparency is overwhelmed by corruption at all levels and stages of public office. So, the question is: where did it go the meritocracy? what happened to the thousands of dollars invested and financed by the World…
Bolivian public safety failure and escalating crime rates
Over the years, public safety has decreased at an alarming rate! The worst happens in beautiful Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Not only drug trafficking has brought violence to our streets, drug addicts commit felonies and are obviously more violent. The cartoon from El Diario, January 9, 2012 portrays our sad and frustrating reality. Crime rates…
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