The Bolivian people defeated another coup
People responded en masse after military forces had mobilized to the center of La Paz and surrounded the Palace of the Government
Bolivia’s ruling party confirms Evo Morales’ candidacy and Luis Arce’s ouster
The growing divisions between Luis Arce and Evo Morales came to ahead in the party’s congress held this week
Daily Round-up | Yemen’s warring parties in talks for long lasting ceasefire & other stories
In today’s episode, we take a look at reports of talks for a truce in Yemen, the sentencing of protesters in Egypt, the acquittal of Filipino journalist Maria Ressa and legal proceedings against Bolivian coup leader Jeanine Anez
Criminal proceedings against Jeanine Áñez over Senkata massacre begin in Bolivia
In November 2019, at Áñez’s orders, security forces brutally repressed protesters who had blockaded the Senkata gas plant as a part of the anti-coup protests, massacring 10 protesters and injuring over a hundred
Former minister in Bolivia’s coup government convicted in the US
Arturo Murillo was arrested in the US in May 2021, after fleeing Bolivia in November 2020. He pleaded guilty to the crimes of bribery and money laundering on October 20, 2022
Far-right Bolivian leader Luis Fernando Camacho gets four months of pre-trial detention in coup case
Social movements across Bolivia that have been calling for Camacho’s arrest and sentencing saluted the move, but violent riots have broken out demanding his release in his home department Santa Cruz
“Bolivians will not allow a new coup d’état to take place” says Gabriel Villalba Pérez
Bolivian lawyer and professor Gabriel Villalba Pérez spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the political conflict at the center of the anti-government strike called by the conservative opposition
Former minister in Bolivia’s coup government pleads guilty to bribery and money laundering in the US
Arturo Murillo, who served as government minister in the coup-installed regime of Jeanine Áñez, fled Bolivia to escape prosecution in a series of corruption and human rights violation cases
Bolivian prosecutors suspend Camacho’s hearing in coup case following death threats
The governor of the Santa Cruz department, Luis Fernando Camacho, who was the president of the far-right Pro Santa Cruz Civic Committee in 2019, was one of the main promoters of the violent and racist demonstrations against the socialist government of former President Evo Morales in October 2019
Bolivia rejects interventionist statements by Brazilian President
Bolivian Foreign Minister Rogelio Mayta described Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s plan to grant Jeanine Áñez political asylum as “absolutely impudent” and “inappropriate interference in internal affairs”
Daily Round-up | Bolivian court convicts Jeanine Anez & other stories
In this episode, we look at the conviction of Jeanine Anez, the rejection of an urgent injunction plea against the upcoming deportation of 31 asylum seekers to Rwanda and the struggle of indigenous community in Brazil
Bolivian court sentences Jeanine Áñez to 10 years in prison
The First Anti-Corruption Sentencing Court of La Paz found Jeanine Áñez and other former police and military chiefs guilty of “breach of duties” and taking “resolutions contrary to the Constitution and the Law” following the coup d’état against then President Evo Morales in November 2019
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