By Álvaro Rosales, Unitel; Eju.tv: IMF Case: More than 80 countries received financing, but only in Bolivia it became a crime, economists question This Friday, the ruling will be read against former Minister of Economy José Luis Parada for IMF financing to address the Covid-19 emergency; the defense announced an appeal. This Friday, the ruling…
Tag: political persecution
Camacho and Pumari reveal they were pressured in prison to implicate others and knew beforehand they would be arrested | Camacho y Pumari revelan que fueron presionados en la cárcel para implicar a otros y que sabían que serían detenidos
By Baldwin Montero, Visión 360: Both said they were warned in advance that they would be imprisoned, but chose not to flee. Camacho said he received nine proposals from a former minister of the current government. Marco Pumari and Fernando Camacho after being released from prison to defend themselves in freedom. In their first interviews…
Nothing to propose, nothing for the future. Just the pleasure of attacking, dividing, setting fires | Nada de propuestas, nada de futuro. Solo el goce de atacar, de dividir, de incendiar
Editorial, El Dia: Silence means consent Edman Lara holds nothing back. One day he claims he stands above Rodrigo Paz and that he should have been the presidential candidate. The next, he boasts of making Paz win, while lashing out at the private sector and promising to raise the Renta Dignidad to 2,000 bolivianos—something that…
Bolivia gira a la derecha, pero su legado socialista persistirá | Bolivia shifts to the right, but its socialist legacy will linger
Por Christopher Sabatini, Chatham House: Los votantes bolivianos pusieron fin a dos décadas de dominio izquierdista. Sin embargo, la herencia del expresidente Evo Morales y de su base organizada seguirá proyectando una larga sombra. Imagen — Una mujer junto a un kiosco con portadas sobre las elecciones presidenciales en La Paz, el 18 de agosto…
Áñez and 12 others accused in the Senkata case released; victims protest | Áñez y otros 12 acusados del caso Senkata logran salir en libertad y las víctimas protestan
By Marco Antonio Chuquimia, El Deber: Senkata victims were present at the hearing Some of the accused who are abroad attended virtually. In the same hearing, the judge ordered that Jeanine Áñez be tried through a trial of responsibilities. The Fourth Sentencing Court of El Alto declared itself incompetent to hear the case against former…
Debate: Was preventive detention during the MAS era used as a weapon of political persecution? | ¿La detención preventiva en la era del MAS fue usada como arma de persecución política?
By Mauricio Quiroz, El Deber: At least 30,000 preventive detainees exist in the country. Councilor Spencer said that there is an order to review all cases throughout the national territory. The issue of preventive detention in Bolivia has returned to the center of debate after the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) decided to order a…
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