A serious threat from peasant groups related to the MAS This document indicates that the capture of the city [10/28/2019] will be through the four cardinal points and ask international organizations and countries to refrain from intervening. The only responsible party for this barbaric act is evo morales. For his part Mesa says: “We are…
Tag: violent aggression
evo promotes bullying instead of debate of ideas, what a lousy jerk!
El Diario reports: In Potosí Mesa denounces “bullying” of the MAS CARLOS MESA, CITIZEN COMMUNITY CANDIDATE WAS THE LAST DAYS IN POTOSÍ. Carlos Mesa denounced yesterday that a group of clash of militants of the Movement to Socialism (MAS) committed provocations, in the style of bullying, against followers of the Citizen Community (CC) in the…
Bolivia declares emergency plan to end gender killings
VOA for Citizen Digital: Bolivia, which has one of South America’s highest rates of women being killed because of their gender, has declared femicide a national priority and will step up efforts to tackle growing violence, a top government rights official said on Tuesday. Since January authorities have recorded 73 femicides – the killing of…
Against femicides: Human Rights activists demand to declare national alert
El Diario reports: Climbing femicides Human Rights activists demand to declare national alert More than 50 institutions ask municipal and departmental governments to activate “measures, actions and economic resources” ORGANIZATIONS OF WOMEN ASK TO DECLARE NATIONAL ALERT FOR FEMICIDES. Through a public statement issued by the Bolivian Chapter of the Inter-American Platform for Human Rights,…
The rapes haunting a community that shuns the 21st Century
Linda Pressly reports for BBC News: In Manitoba, an insular Mennonite colony in Bolivia whose residents eschew modernity, nine men were rounded up in 2009. Later, they were convicted of the rape and sexual assault of 151 women and girls – including small children – within this small Christian community. So why are Manitoba’s leaders…
The woman breaking Bolivia’s culture of silence on rape
Dan Collyns reports for The Guardian: Raped at the age of 15, Brisa De Angulo has devoted her life to the pursuit of justice for herself and fellow survivors of sexual abuse. In the process, she has survived several attempts on her life and influenced crucial changes to the law Brisa De Angulo was 15…
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