Confessions of Abuse in Jesuit Priest’s Diary Spark Accusations and Protests In a significant development, leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in Bolivia admitted on Wednesday that the institution had been negligent in addressing cases of sexual abuse that occurred in Church-run schools. The acknowledgment came in response to a…
The Bolivian Public Ministry conducted two raids on Wednesday in the headquarters of the Company of Jesus and the San Calixto school in the city of La Paz as part of ongoing investigations into allegations of pedophilia. The authorities seized relevant documentation during the operations, and further actions are being…
Juan Santos Cruz, former environment Minister of Environment tendered his resignation to the Bolivian president over the weekend, describing it as “irrevocable.” The decision came to light following revelations of an ongoing investigation into his alleged involvement in bribe collection. Former Environment and Water, Juan Santos Cruz has been requested…
The Bolivian Ombudsman’s Office confirmed this weekend that the three leading teachers of the urban magisterium who were walled up between Monday and Friday, received a medical discharge. According to Jacqueline Perez, a professional at the People’s Service of the Ombudsman’s Office, teachers Patricio Molina, Ludwing Salazar, and Wilfredo Ajllahuanca were admitted to the hospital due to dehydration, general malaise, and low blood sugar levels. They received immediate medical attention,…
Edgar Pary, the Bolivian Education Minister has issued a warning to the National Association of Private Schools (Andecop) stating that they are not authorized to make any adjustments to school fees. He has also urged parents to report any such changes to the relevant authorities. The Education Minister’s statement was in response to Andecop’s announcement of a potential school fee increase of up to 5%. However, the Ministry of Education…
The Bolivian Labor Minister, Veronica Navia has stated that in two years of management, the national government provided economic certainty, job stability and reduced unemployment from 11%, registered in the third quarter of 2020, to 4.3% as of December 2022. In a statement on the State Media Network, the minister emphasized that the previous government of Jeaninne Añez had a “terrible” handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in widespread unemployment.…
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales was summoned to testify twice by the Prosecutor’s Office in Puno, Peru, on March 7, but did not appear. He was summoned again for May 10. Within the framework of the new summons to former President Evo Morales by the Prosecutor’s Office of Puno, Peru, he announced that he will appear when there is a “legal democratic government”, questioning Peruvian justice. Read also: US Embassy in Bolivia denies allegations of lithium seizure made by former…
Bolivian President Luis Arce has indeed announced the establishment of a maximum working age of 65 years and an increase in the old-age fund limit, as well as a salary increase of 3% to the basic salary and 5% to the national minimum on Thursday. The Bolivian President Luis Arce and the Bolivian Central Union (COB) held a meeting at the Casa Grande del Pueblo. During the meeting, the two parties reached two important agreements. The first agreement pertains to…
The leader of the Bolivian Union Confederation (COB), Juan Carlos Huarachi has requested a meeting with the President Luis Arce to discuss the percentage increase for this year. According to local media. In the same line, the COB is seeking a direct meeting with the Bolovina president to discuss the percentage rise for salary this year, following the rejection of the Government’s counterproposal for a 2% increase to the basic wage and a 3% growth to the national minimum wage.…
Tunisian Health Minister Ali Mrabet and Mahfoudh Baya, Director General of Mauritania’s Agency for Food Safety, met in Tunis on Wednesday to examine measures to expand collaboration in food safety and product quality. The Mauritanian official is visiting Tunisia at the invitation of the national Food Safety Authority to learn from its experience. The agency, which was established in June 2022, is Tunisia’s only authority over the food chain. The meeting was held at the headquarters of the Health Ministry,…
The sale of the US dollar to natural persons will be made through Central Bank of Bolivia, President of the Central Bank of Bolivia BCB, Edwin Rojas announced. He further stated that starting this week the entity will start selling dollars directly to the population owing to an increase in demand for the currency in the country. The service can be availed through Banco Unión’s customer service windows, the BCB said in a statement. Talking about the decision, Rojas said,…
A Bolivian man who claimed to have been lost in the Amazon for 31 days alone has described how he survived by consuming worms and insects, collecting water in his boots, and drinking his own urine. If verified, 30-year-old, Jhonatan Acosta, would rank among the longest-ever lone Amazon survivors. He said on a Bolivian TV channel “It helped a lot to know about survival techniques: I had to consume insects, drink my urine, eat worms.” He added, “I was attacked…
A dengue fever outbreak that has claimed at least 26 lives was difficult for hospitals in the Santa Cruz area of eastern Bolivia to handle on Wednesday. With more than 10,000 confirmed cases in the city, which is the most affected by the epidemic, hospitals in Santa Cruz have reportedly collapsed for lack of space to receive patients. A similar dengue outbreak is thought to be affecting other tropical parts of the nation. Santa Cruz, where two of the most…
Bolivians from across the country gathered on Wednesday for an opposition-led “national assembly” to discuss a slew of proposals, including whether to restart protests that erupted in December following the arrest of Santa Cruz Governor Luis Camacho. Protests erupted for weeks after Camacho, who has long opposed the left-wing federal government in La Paz, was arrested for his alleged role in the 2019 unrest that forced President Evo Morales to flee the country. Protests were halted last week ahead of…
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