From Oglobo.com, written by Demétrio Magnoli: Diplomatic Misery The State becomes a tool for achieving the purposes of the occasional occupants of the government. ‘Respect instructions, respect laws, but not about whims or manifestly illegal orders.” The statement given to the newspaper “A Tribuna”, from Vitória (5/4), should appear at the top of a manual of conduct…
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Bolivia’s total lack of authority!
“Republiqueta” is the term used to refer a specific region under the control of the people who were seeking independence from the Realm of Spain, derivates from republic. Manfredo Kempff writes in El Deber: The “republiquetas” today Because of the permissiveness and the total lack of authority in Bolivia, there are emerging a series of…
Worst Bolivia-Brazil diplomatic/commercial relations… ever!
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Bolivia-Brasil, asylees in the freezer A year ago, relations with Brazil are reduced to the sale of natural gas. And Bolivian political refugees arriving in the country. Besides the 500 Pando refugees who fled when the department was taken by force, there is now in that country, as refugees,…
Bolivia 101: Human Rights Practices for 2013
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2013 Bolivia EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Bolivia is a constitutional, multi-party republic with an elected president and a bicameral legislature. In December 2009, in a process deemed free and fair by international observers, citizens re-elected as president Evo Morales Ayma, leader of the…
Bolivian politics 101: 10 keys to recognize totalitarianism
Andres Gomez writes in Pagina Siete: 10 keys to recognize totalitarianism Fascism, Nazism, Stalinism developed as a strategy for the social idiocy to stay in power. Is there a risk that these totalitarian currents are occurring in the present age? Anything can happen, better to prevent. Recognize them how to care for democracy? I have…
Bolivian Jail, an Actor’s Help and Now a Return to New York
Joseph Berger writes in The New York Times: Bolivian Jail, an Actor’s Help and Now a Return to New York A Brooklyn flooring contractor and father of five, who was jailed in Bolivia for 18 months until the intervention of the actor Sean Penn lessened his punishment to confinement under house arrest, has been spirited…
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