Carlos Valverde writes in El Deber: Here we go again … but more It appears that the national government believe it is possible to move “away from the splashing made by Soza” and go out to discredit him with countless allegations, but mostly because Soza has ratified himself by the wording of the letter and…
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Usurpation and tyranny
Susana Seleme writes in El Deber: Usurpation and tyranny The ‘Bolivarian’ regimes seem to know the address of Simon Bolivar at the Congress of Angostura: “Nothing is as dangerous as letting stay the same citizen on power for a long time. The people become accustomed to obey and he gets used to command them; that…
Brazilian government does wrong with diplomats that helped Roger Pinto
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…
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…
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