The cartoons shown here were published on August 24, 2015, they represent a “normal” day since the coca grower leader assumed power almost ten years ago… and he intends to perpetuate in power?! … hell NO!!! This is from El Dia: It shows the “effort” to extinguish the allegations of corruption by the “controller” of…
Tag: police brutality
Bolivian gov flunked! There is no leadership, nor respect: Dozens arrested as Bolivia miners clash with police
Aljazeera reports: Dozens arrested as Bolivia miners clash with police Officers arrest 44 protesters in the capital, as striking miners from Potosi demand government invest in infrastructure. [you can watch the video of this photo by using this link] Hundreds of miners from a strike-paralysed city in Bolivia’s highlands have battled police in the capital…
Under Bolivia’s current gov: Absence of state and the assault to institutionality
Susana Seleme writes in El Dia: Absence of state and the assault to institutionality 1. What analysis can be made on the conflict with the low-ranking military? The unprecedented insubordination of sergeants and non commissioned officers of the armed forces, with massive marches in the capital, and other small demonstrations in Santa Cruz de la Sierra,…
Bolivian central gov’s aggression still unsolved: TIPNIS – Chaparina
A good editorial from El Deber: Chaparina, new guidelines September will mark two years of violent police repression against the marchers in the Beni town of Chaparina, against Tipnis defenders, but there is still no guilty parties found. We still remember the Vice President of the State say that he knows who gave the order…
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