Editorial, El Pais: Without an honest police force, no State can function and no citizen can trust it. The Bolivian Police has dragged for decades a problem that corrodes its very foundations: corruption. This is not just about a few “bad officers,” as is often claimed to minimize the issue. It is about a system…
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Camacho and Pumari reveal they were pressured in prison to implicate others and knew beforehand they would be arrested | Camacho y Pumari revelan que fueron presionados en la cárcel para implicar a otros y que sabían que serían detenidos
By Baldwin Montero, Visión 360: Both said they were warned in advance that they would be imprisoned, but chose not to flee. Camacho said he received nine proposals from a former minister of the current government. Marco Pumari and Fernando Camacho after being released from prison to defend themselves in freedom. In their first interviews…
Debate: Was preventive detention during the MAS era used as a weapon of political persecution? | ¿La detención preventiva en la era del MAS fue usada como arma de persecución política?
By Mauricio Quiroz, El Deber: At least 30,000 preventive detainees exist in the country. Councilor Spencer said that there is an order to review all cases throughout the national territory. The issue of preventive detention in Bolivia has returned to the center of debate after the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) decided to order a…
Meet Armin Lluta, the Yungas native who made it to Parliament and proposes repealing the coca law | Conozca a Armin Lluta, el yungueño que saltó al parlamento y que propone abrogar la ley de la coca
By Brújula Digital: During Sunday’s elections, coca grower from the Yungas region, Armin Lluta, was elected as single-member deputy for constituency 16 in the department of La Paz, representing the Libre alliance, which nominated Jorge Tuto Quiroga. The new deputy Armin Lluta with his parents. Photo: Courtesy Lluta was born in the community of Nogalani,…
“Elections Have Consequences”: Tuto Calls on Paz to Support Political Prisoners’ Right to Defend Themselves in Freedom | “Las elecciones tienen consecuencias”: Tuto pide manifestarse a Paz para que presos políticos se defiendan en libertad
By Unitel: Following the Supreme Court’s directive, the presidential candidate of the Libre Alliance stated that this is a step toward restoring justice for political prisoners and the politically persecuted Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga is the presidential candidate for the Libre Alliance After the Supreme Court of Justice issued an order to review the cases against…
The populist trap of smuggled cars | La trampa populista de los autos chutos
Editorial El Deber: In election times, easy promises often become political currency. In the first round, one topic was recurrent among several candidates: the proposal to legalize the smuggled cars circulating on Bolivian roads. Though framed as economic relief for thousands of families, the measure hides serious risks that threaten the formal economy, legal certainty,…
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