By Bajo el penoco, El Dia: The confrontation between the two factions of the MAS has entered its most critical and decisive phase: control of the streets through the use of violence. This was demonstrated on Tuesday in front of the Legislative Assembly, where followers of Luis Arce and supporters of the coca grower Morales…
Tag: violent aggression
Indirect Murders | Asesinatos indirectos
By Juan José Toro Montoya, Vision 360: Nowadays, the weapons are the laws, and the executors of the crimes are the judges and prosecutors. Speculation? No. In the tumultuous history of Bolivia, political assassination has been a constant. From the mutiny of April 18, 1828, when Sucre was attempted to be assassinated, and the horrendous…
Eviction and punishment to stop encroachments | Desalojo y castigo para frenar avasallamientos
Editorial, El Deber: Illegal land occupation is undoubtedly the greatest challenge faced by agricultural producers in eastern Bolivia, especially in the department of Santa Cruz. This problem has been recurrent and seems to have no solution, as these invasions often go unpunished. However, there is now a glimmer of hope: the Government has just announced…
Indigenous Bolivian Women Take Up Taekwondo Against Gender-based Violence | Mujeres indígenas bolivianas practican taekwondo contra la violencia de género
By Esther Mamani, AFP, Barron’s: A violent attack by would-be robbers steered Bolivian Lidia Mayta towards the martial art of taekwondo. Three years later, she helps train other Indigenous women to defend themselves against rampant gender-based violence in the South American country. Mayta told AFP she would have died if neighbors had not come out…
The MAS and violence – El MAS y la violencia
Editorial, Los Tiempos: In less than two weeks, in Potosí, two MAS militants, one a mayor official and the other a deputy, were the object of violent attacks perpetrated by their supporters. It might seem that these are isolated events, but the context of these attacks and the long series of similar events carried out…
They denounce that an armed group has already invaded 8,500 hectares in Guarayos | Denuncian que grupo armado ya invadió 8.500 hectáreas en Guarayos
Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: Until now, the Police have not evicted the invaders who intend to seize 26,500 hectares in the Guarayos province. The lands were declared fiscally unavailable by INRA. They have already displaced the inhabitants of five communities The same group that invaded lands in Las Londras and kidnapped a group of journalists…
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