News of political and institutional news in Latin American countries, especially when it concerns the health of their democracies.
Inter-American Watch Tuesday 5/10/2022 Bolivia UNITAS Observatory: In four months, 61 violations of press freedom were recorded There are 61 violations of press freedom that have been registered so far this year, of which two are the most recurrent: the stigmatization of journalists (16 cases) and the impediment to access to information (16 cases), according…
Inter-American Watch Thursday 5/5/2022 Bolivia Organization asks Biden not to include Bolivia in the Summit of the Americas The organization Global Human Rights League (GHRL) sent a letter to the president of the United States, Joe Biden, in which they ask him not to include any representative of the regime of the Movement Towards Socialism…
Inter-American Watch Tuesday 5/3/2022 Argentina Kirchnerism, businessmen and power: the links that sustain Judge Walter Bento Bento is increasingly cornered in the federal courts: he will have to answer in the dock for leading an illicit association that collected bribes in exchange for benefits for prisoners for smuggling or drug trafficking, with revelations that grow…
Inter-American Watch Friday 4/29/2022 Ecuador Ecuador’s Minister of Defense resigned amid the scourge of drug trafficking Ecuadorian Defense Minister Luis Hernández announced his resignation on Tuesday amid the onslaught of drug trafficking, which has led to high levels of crime and the worst prison massacres in the country.…Read more >> Source: france24.com National Court of…
Inter-American Watch Wednesday 4/27/2022 Bolivia Siles: corruption of exFondioc will go unpunished after Aramayo’s death Luis Eduardo Siles, affirmed this Sunday that the most serious case of corruption of the government of Evo Morales and the MAS was the diversion of money from the State to private accounts through the disappeared Fund Indígena Originario Campesino…
Inter-American Watch Friday 4/22/2022 Argentina Harsh letter from Amnesty International to Alberto Fernández: “Human rights problems in Venezuela have not dissipated” The humanitarian organization issued a strong statement in response to the statements of the Argentine president, who spoke in favor of normalizing diplomatic relations with the Caribbean country because, supposedly, “the accusations against the…
Inter-American Watch Tuesday 4/19/2022 Bolivia The majority does not see Evo as a candidate and believes that there was fraud, not a coup The majority of those surveyed do not believe that Evo Morales should run as a candidate in 2025, nor do they believe in the “coup d’état” rhetoric and consider that 2019 was…
Inter-American Watch Friday, April 15th, 2022 Argentina Kirchnerism and Latin American allies frustrated a resolution against Russia at Eurolat The consensus to condemn Russia was frustrated because a group of Latin American legislators, the majority referenced in progressive parties, refused to vote with the Europeans and wanted to impose their own resolution.…Read more >> Source:…
Inter-American Watch Wednesday, April 13th, 2022 Bolivia Narcoaudios: Congressman reminds Evo that he had three former anti-drug chiefs linked to drug trafficking The Congressman from Creeemos suspects that the “narcoaudios” case is part of “a giant plan, linking drug trafficking with state institutions, the Bolivian police and high-ranking political power.” …Read more >> Source: noticiasfides.com…
Inter-American Watch Monday, April 4th, 2022 The Americas The Coast Guard seized more than $243 million of cocaine in the Caribbean A U.S. Coast Guard crew offloaded more than $243 million worth of cocaine at their base in Miami Beach following a 45-day patrol in the Caribbean, according to the military branch. The crew seized…