By Alfonso Gumucio, Brujula Digital: We have a weak and contaminated Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE). The questioned electoral roll hasn’t been reviewed for years. There will be no poll watchers, no TREP, no voting in some departments, no social oversight, no photos of tally sheets at the end of the day, and no possibility of…
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Maximiliano Davila: Turned law enforcement into a cocaine trafficking machine | Convirtió la fuerza de la ley en una máquina de tráfico de cocaína
By Paulo Lizarraga, Vision 360: Drug Trafficking DEA concludes that Dávila used his position as anti-drug chief to fuel drug trafficking U.S. judicial authorities condemned in a report the “abhorrent” and “unsurprising” conduct of Bolivia’s former anti-drug czar, who is set to appear for the first time before the country’s justice system today. Dávila was…
Manipulation of the Judicial System | Manipulación del Sistema Judicial
By ERBOL, El Dia: Justice Tailored to Fit: The Manipulation of the Judicial System in Bolivia The Bolivian judicial system is facing a structural crisis marked by corruption, politicization, and a lack of independence. Illustration image. Photo: Internet. The severe crisis of the Bolivian judicial system The Bolivian judicial system faces a structural crisis that…
What happened, Mr. President? | ¿Qué le pasó Presidente?
By Manfredo Kempff Suárez, Eju.tv: We would have preferred to write about the hasty escape of the cruel Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad from Damascus to Russia after 24 years of dictatorship, following 30 years of his father’s rule. But the events in Bolivia keep one anchored to the country. Writing about the terrible war involving…
Northern Integrated Rice Farmers ratify a 24-hour strike in rejection of government intervention | Arroceros del Norte Integrado ratifican paro de 24 horas en rechazo a intervención del Gobierno
By Ariel Melgar Cabrera, Soledad Prado, El Deber: The work stoppage will begin at midnight this Wednesday. The measure taken by the rice mills was decided on Tuesday during a meeting of Ingenor members. The Association of Rice Mills of the Northern Integrated Region (Ingenor) in Santa Cruz ratified a 24-hour work stoppage on Tuesday night…
MAS political persecution, 3 years of cowardly kidnapping | Persecución política del MAS, 3 años de secuestro cobarde
By Paulo Lizarraga, Vision 360: Pumari on his arrest: “Three years of cowardly kidnapping, carried out by some who believe their position is eternal” The former civic leader from Potosí is accused of the burning of the Departmental Electoral Tribunal in that region during the post-electoral conflicts of 2019. Marco Pumari was a civic leader…
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