By Brújula Digital: They Denounce That Ponchos Rojos Attacked a Minibus Transporting Children With Down Syndrome The children were returning to their therapy sessions in a school vehicle when the incident occurred, according to Fundación PRO 21 and Centro Lápiz en Mano. Ponchos Rojos and other demonstrators during Monday’s unrest in downtown La Paz/APG Fundación…
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Press Under Attack | Prensa Bajo Ataque
By Germaine Barriga, Vision 360: Conflicts Union Leaders Lash Out at Journalists, Accuse Them of Lying and Tell Them What They Should Report The executive secretary of the Departmental Workers’ Central (COD) of La Paz, Cecilio Gonzales, described the media as “bribe-taking press,” while the former executive secretary of the Bolivian Workers’ Central (COB), Jaime…
Population Rejects Vandalism and Refutes Government Inaction | Población rechaza vandalismo y refuta inacción del Gobierno
By El Diario: Amid the climate of uncertainty, residents of the city of La Paz expressed their rejection of the acts of vandalism carried out by radical groups that generated fear yesterday; therefore, they refuted the Government authorities’ inaction, a situation that puts the country’s stability at risk. Damage to public property, destruction of businesses,…
The Sovereignty of the Mob | La soberanía de la turba
By Renzo Abruzzese, El Deber: An unsuspecting observer might describe what we saw in the city of El Alto, regarding the crashed airplane, as an outbreak of anarchy or a mere overflow of collective violence. In reality, it is something far more systemic and troubling: it is the full exercise of the sovereignty of the…
Police Files Charges After Ambush in Cotapachi | Policía presenta querella tras emboscada en Cotapachi
By Milen Saavedra, Red Uno: Police announces lawsuit over assaults and stolen weapons during Cotapachi operation The institution will formalize legal action against those who ambushed officers during the garbage-site clearance, confirming that two gas-launching rifles were stolen and seven officers were injured, some seriously. Police announces lawsuit for serious injuries and weapons theft after…
Government denounces financed ambush against anti-drug officers in the Chapare | Gobierno denuncia emboscada financiada contra efectivos antidroga en el Chapare
By Erbol: THERE ARE INJURED OFFICERS There are injured police officers and vehicles with damage. Police officers were ambushed early Wednesday morning in the municipality of Villa Tunari, Chapare province of Cochabamba, while they were carrying out an operation to destroy cocaine factories, the Government reported. The anti-drug czar, Ernesto Justiniano, stated that “the ambush…
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