Bolivian Congress Passes Law to Appoint Interim Justices
During the past five years, numerous high-ranking Bolivian judicial officers resigned amidst political controversy or stepped down when their terms ended, leaving many vacancies. This trend left the Constitutional Tribunal…
It’s Not Just Morales: U.S. Rhetoric on Bolivia Also Problematic
Bolivian president Evo Morales’s frequent, blunt criticisms of the United States Government often provoke irritation and complaints in Washington about negative “rhetoric” impeding bilateral relations. Unfortunate comments from some U.S.…
Bolivian Military Stalls and Pressures Civilian Authorities in Human Rights Investigation
After the Bolivian armed forces refused to allow special prosecutor Milton Mendoza access to their files from the Garcia Meza dictatorship (1980-1981), despite court orders permitting him to do so,…
Bolivian armed forces block investigation of dictatorship deaths
It sounded too good to be true, and, of course it was. The new Bolivian Defense Minister, Ruben Saavedra, stated that the government, “has full democratic will to make the…