El Diario: Cívicos Cruceños affirm that Arce insulted the Bolivians The president of the Committee for Santa Cruz, Rómulo Calvo, described as a lack of respect to Santa Cruz and Bolivia, the speech that President Luis Arce delivered on Friday night, during the opening ceremony of Expocruz 2021. The first authority of the country broke…
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Respeto a CPE, DDHH y democracia – Respect for the Constitution, human rights and democracy
Angelica Siles, El Diario: Platforms are organized to demand respect for the CPE, human rights and democracy The Political Constitution of the State establishes in Article 1 that “Bolivia is constituted in a Social Unitary State of Plurinational Community Law, free, independent, sovereign, democratic, intercultural, decentralized and with autonomies. Bolivia is founded on plurality and…
Los sinuosos – The sinuous
Manfredo Kempff, Los Tiempos: Carlos Valverde tiene razón cuando dice —y escribe— que el MAS, en su afán de terminar con la vida de Jeanine Áñez, está errando el camino y la va a convertir en una heroína americana. Para muchos de los bolivianos la expresidente ya es una heroína, hoy mismo; por su coraje…
Seis meses después de la detención, no hay fecha de juicio para la expresidente boliviana – Six months after arrest, no trial date for Bolivian ex-president
AFP, France24: Six months after being arrested on coup charges by a Bolivian government allied to her political rival Evo Morales, ex-president Jeanine Anez is still awaiting a trial date. The 54-year-old, who claims she is the victim of “political persecution,” attempted suicide in a jail in La Paz last month while suffering from “severe…
10 años después – TIPNIS – 10 years later
Lupe Cajias, El Deber: Ten years ago the image of Evo Morales and the Government of the Movement for Socialism enjoyed respect inside and outside of Bolivia. The presidency of a descendant of indigenous peoples from Latin America, the discourse on the rights of peoples, concern for the poor, the gaze towards Mother Earth Pachamama,…
Gobierno debe garantizar seguridad de Amparo Carvajal – Government must guarantee the safety of Amparo Carvajal
Brujula Digital, El Diario: Human Rights Watch about Amparo Carvajal The director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch (HRW), José Miguel Vivanco, expressed his concern about the threats that were issued in recent days by the warrior army “Wila Lluch’us” (red caps), in the sense to burn down the house of the president…
