Tatiana Castro, Los Tiempos: Park Rangers Must Face Harassment from Encroachers and Illegal Miners Park rangers must confront the lack of human resources, adverse working conditions, harassment from encroachers, and judicial harassment in their tasks of protecting the 23 parks and protected areas in Bolivia. They feel defenseless and unauthorized. The vice president of the…
Tag: police and judicial corruption
Miner w/o authorization dares to sue park rangers for doing their work? Only happens under the populist masista corrupt gov | ¿Minero sin autorización se atreve a demandar a guardaparques por hacer su trabajo? Solo ocurre bajo el corrupto gobierno populista masista
El Diario: Cooperative miner suing park rangers was not authorized to carry out mining activities The Mining Administrative Jurisdictional Authority (AJAM) revealed that Ramiro Cuevas, the miner who is suing two park rangers from the Madidi protected area, is not the holder of mining rights and, therefore, could not carry out this type of activity….
The 21st of February changed Bolivia’s history | El 21-F cambió la historia de Bolivia
Editorial, El Deber: Eight years have passed, but the date is engraved in the imprint of Bolivians. That day marked a before and an after. That day, 2,682,517 people said No with their vote to Evo Morales’ reelection because they rejected the modification of the Political Constitution of the State that prohibits a third consecutive…
Ideas? No, thank you | ¿Ideas? No, gracias
Humberto Vacaflor Ganam, El Diario: With a furrowed brow and the attitude of a jealous public servant, the Government announced that it has managed to identify and arrest an individual who was selling gasoline at Bs 10 per liter. Meanwhile, the populace, distressed by the situation, has launched into a veritable brainstorming session, rightly assuming…
THE NAME OF THE GAME | EL NOMBRE DEL JUEGO
Oscar Antezana Malpartida, El Dia: Already, whoever becomes the next President of Bolivia will have a very tough time. The economy is in tatters, and the next government will have to rebuild it from its foundations. That’s where we are, perhaps like never before in Bolivia’s history. We lack everything essential for a thriving economy…
Economic Damage to the State | Daño Económico al Estado
Francesco Zaratti: I find significant ambiguities in the concept of “Economic Damage to the State” (EDS), which generally refers to the impact on the state’s assets by officials and authorities but has become a pretext for political persecution. EDS is one of the most common offenses within a society that idolizes the State and tends…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 