This news appeared prior to Pope Francis visit to Bolivia… as I hoped, there were NO TENSIONS! He knows better than that… anyway I thought it would be nice to publish it after he left my beloved Bolivia! From the Huffington Post: Tensions Rise In Bolivia As Indigenous Witches Prepare For The Pope’s Visit EL…
Tag: political persecution
Bolivian Ombudsman investigates situation of Bolivian migrants in Brazil
Pagina Siete reports: WITH A COMMISSION, VILLENA YESTERDAY WENT TO INTERVIEW MIGRANTS Bolivian Ombudsman investigates situation in Brazil The Ombudsman Rolando Villena, and a commission traveled yesterday for Brazil to investigate the situation of human rights of Bolivians who migrated to this country and also meet their demands and concerns. Villena and his team will…
Bolivian Human Rights 101: Bolivia: Fix Laws That Undermine Rights
From Human Rights Watch: Bolivia: Fix Laws That Undermine Rights Recent Laws on Child Labor, Justice, Free Expression Need Revision DECEMBER 15, 2014 (New York) – Bolivia should amend several laws that undermine the rights to freedom of association and expression, due process guarantees, and children’s rights, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter…
Current Bolivian central gov continues its political persecution, enough!
ANF reports in El Diario: Leopoldo Fernández: “They want me guilty” Almost two years of house arrest, the former prefect of Pando, Leopoldo Fernández, yesterday [11/23/2014] declared that “the government wants me guilty for the Porvenir case, so that the truth of the situation on the clashes that took the lives of 13 people and dozens…
“thanks” to current Bolivian gov, a thousand Bolivians seek refuge in Brazil
El Deber reports on one of the most disgusting characteristics of the coca-grower’s presidency: REFUGEE DAY Conare reveals that 1,000 Bolivians seek refuge in Brazil Most of those are related to the Porvenir case. Bolivia gave shelter to 850 people. The President of Conare Bolivia, César Siles said that in Brazil there are 1,000 applications…
Sean Penn punked Ego, a coca grower who’s the occasional president…
Written by Shiryn Ghermezian, from The Algemeiner: Jacob Ostreicher, the Orthodox Jewish American who was held captive in Bolivia for three years, on Sunday revealed details for the first time on how actor Sean Penn helped bring him back to the U.S. last December and personally nursed him to mental and physical health. “I spent…
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