MercoPress: Former Peruvian Foreign Minister Diego García-Sayán has said he saw politics had meddled in the judicial ruling whereby former Bolivian interim President Janine Àñez was sentenced to ten years in jail for crimes against the Constitution. The United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers said he saw a “political intervention”…
Tag: political persecution
A politicized and unjust conviction | Una condena politizada e injusta
Editorial, Los Tiempos: Without a shadow of a doubt, an injustice has been committed against the former constitutional president of Bolivia, Jeanine Áñez, by sentencing her to 10 years in prison. More than a criminal process, all the actions of the justice system submitted to the ruling party, and specifically to the head of the…
The entire Bolivia will pay in life the sentence against Jeanine Añez | Bolivia entera pagará en vida la condena contra Jeanine Añez
Loreto Correa, Página Siete: Rarely in contemporary history does one find situations like that of Jeanine Añez. As much as one looks for evidence that condemns it, the conclusion we reach is that it is a legal political montage without comparison. An embarrassment for all Bolivians. The decision to take her to trial, her imprisonment,…
The violated rights of Áñez | Los derechos vulnerados de Áñez
Editorial, Los Tiempos: So far in the twisted and spurious trial of former president Jeanine Áñez, called “Coup d’etat II”, numerous rights have been violated that an impartial court would be careful not to validate with a conviction, as has been anticipated, but that is inconsequential for these judges determined to condemn her as soon…
Illegal mining, absent state | Minería ilegal, Estado ausente
Editorial, El Deber: In the south of the Madidi National Park, in the municipality of Apolo in the department of La Paz, community members and illegal miners shoot each other, burn houses, kidnappings take place and the State makes its complete absence shine there. On Tuesday of this week there was a confrontation that left…
Serious structural flaws in the Justice | Fallas estructurales graves en la Justicia
Editorial, El Deber: Dramatic report of the UN rapporteur All of us Bolivians knew it, but a foreign professional with the position of special rapporteur of the United Nations had to come to carry out an observation mission and several interviews to take away a good amount of information, the same information that today allows…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 