Editorial El Deber: June 29 is marked in history as a disastrous day for journalism. Pagina Siete announced the end of its editions. This bad news opens a wound in Bolivian society, that a media outlet is forced to close is a blow to freedom and democracy. The news was made official in a letter…
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A deranged masismo – Un masismo desquiciado
Pagina Siete: Militias, that madness The so-called Coordinator for the Defense of Democracy, which responds to the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), was launched yesterday with the mad idea of changing the Constitution to create armed militias in the country destined to replace the Armed Forces. If there were not a context of hardening of the…
Bolivia has “changed” thanks to the egocentric coca-grower leader … WTH!
The following cartoons published yesterday, depict Bolivian reality after more than 10 years of the ochlocratic government: From Pagina Siete: The pending files on the government’s need-to-do’s has on the left side all the “approved: projects that will serve to improve the image of this president. The files on the right are projects on: health,…
Scandal-Plagued Bolivia Trumpets Drug Seizure Figures
From InSight Crime: Scandal-Plagued Bolivia Trumpets Drug Seizure Figures Written by Arron Daugherty Bolivia’s government has touted an increase in drug seizures as a sign of improving interdiction capabilities, while an ongoing scandal involving President Evo Morales continues to unfold. In the first two months of 2016, Bolivia’s Special Fighting Force Against Drug Trafficking (Fuerza…
Worldwide embarrassment: Bolivia’s president faces multiple scandals
CNN reports: Bolivia’s president faces multiple scandals By Marilia Brocchetto (CNN)It’s been a bad couple of weeks for Bolivian president Evo Morales. First, the Bolivian leader had to accept defeat in a referendum making his current presidential term his last, and now he is at the center of a scandal that reads like a Bolivian…
NO STATE ADVERTISING FOR “POLITICIZED” MEDIA IN BOLIVIA
NO STATE ADVERTISING FOR “POLITICIZED” MEDIA IN BOLIVIA PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY 20 AUGUST 2015. UPDATED ON FRIDAY 21 AUGUST 2015. Reporters Without Borders condemns last week’s government announcement that “politicized” news media will be denied the funding that comes from state advertising. The announcement was made on 10 August by Vice-President Alvaro García Linera, who…
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