By Ariel Melgar, El Deber: Gary Prado in an interview with EL DEBER The lawyer stated that the case had a strong political impact, as it involved civic, business, and political leaders from Santa Cruz. The IACHR is investigating the deaths of three people resulting from the police intervention at the downtown hotel Seventeen years after…
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Arce Era: Prominent Figures Jailed Without Justice | Era Arce: líderes encarcelados sin justicia
By Germaine Barriga, Vision 360: During the administration of Arce, prominent figures were imprisoned without their complaints of injustice and mistreatment being heard. Among the former authorities who remained in prison for several years are former president Jeanine Áñez; the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho; former Ministers of Justice Álvaro Coimbra and of…
From Protest Leaders to Electoral Defeat | De líderes de protesta a derrota electoral
By Germaine Barriga, Vision 360: From leaders of the 2019 struggle to defeated at the polls: Camacho and Pumari fall in Santa Cruz and Potosí Luis Fernando Camacho and Marco Antonio Pumari lost the elections for governors of their departments. In Santa Cruz, the current governor, who ran for reelection, is in third place with…
Prisoners and Abandoned | Presos y abandonados
By Humberto Vacaflor, El Dia: The political prisoners left behind by the MAS number a thousand and they remain imprisoned under the new government, forgotten even by the media. In Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez approved a partial amnesty to free half of the prisoners of Chavismo, and is now preparing an unrestricted amnesty. But in Bolivia…
The Convenient MAS Legacy | La conveniente herencia masista
Editorial, El Dia: A phrase often attributed to Franklin D. Roosevelt—probably one he never actually said—referred to the Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza: “Yes, he’s a son of a bitch, but he’s our son of a bitch.” The phrase endured not because of its authenticity, but because of the moral truth it conveys: power often tolerates what it…
Over 100 Political Prisoners Still in Bolivia | Más de 100 presos políticos aún en Bolivia
By Brujula Digital: Gary Prado: More than a hundred political prisoners remain due to cases initiated by MAS governments According to the lawyer, these are not limited only to the so-called emblematic cases such as Senkata, Sacaba, tear gas, or ventilators, but also include other proceedings that, he stated, date back even to the governments…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 