Editorial, Los Tiempos: After a postponement due to procedural problems, the lawsuit against former president Jeanine Áñez is restarted today [03/28/2022] in the “Coup d’etat II” case, which from the beginning has encountered irregularities and shortcomings. The first process against Áñez is the so-called “Coup d’etat I”, which has been instituted for the alleged crimes…
Tag: women’s rights
The Women’s Empowerment Principles celebrate one year in Bolivia – Los Principios de Empoderamiento de las Mujeres cumplen un año en Bolivia
Walter Vasquez, El Deber: In the country, women hold 31.9% of management positions in small companies, 10.8% in medium-sized companies and 4.2% in large companies This March marks one year since the launch of the Women’s Empowerment Principles in Bolivia (WEP), an initiative of Cainco and UN Women that helps companies promote gender equity and…
A brazen political trial – Un juicio político descarado
Editorial, El Deber: Today [02/10/2022] begins the trial against the former constitutional president Jeanine Áñez for the so-called “Coup II case” that the Government of Luis Arce carries against all odds, by direct influence of Evo Morales, to condemn a woman who had the misfortune to occupy the second vice-presidency of the Senate at a…
Sometimes envy helps… – A veces la envidia ayuda …
Yahoo! LifeStyle: Woman hits back after being slammed over ‘inappropriate’ school-run outfit A woman has hit back after she was slammed for the outfit she donned while dropping off her young son at school in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The lawyer and fitness model, known as ‘Vanesita (Vanesa) Medina’ on…
Being a politician in Bolivia is a more dangerous crime than a drug trafficker – Ser político en Bolivia es un delito más peligroso que narcotraficante
Jeanine Añez, El Diario: Former president Jeanine Añez affirmed that in Bolivia the exercise of politics has become a more dangerous crime than drug trafficking or pedophilia, alluding to the persecution she denounces against her. “Again I am trying to have the possibility to defend myself in freedom, because in our country, especially for all…
Mercury has catastrophic consequences on Bolivian indigenous peoples, UN experts say
Merco Press [For Spanish version Pagina Siete]: United Nations specialists have sent the Bolivian Government a “Letter of Allegations” after finding irregularities resulting from the unauthorized use of mercury which has brought up environmental and human rights consequences, it was reported Wednesday. UN rapporteurs Marcos Orellana (toxic substances and human rights) and José Francisco Cali…
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