First of all, you should know that those mercenary guys probably were working for the opposition leaders in Santa Cruz. We know this now because a huge interview just appeared with a man who was in their sordid wee gang and has just turned grass. Otto at Inca Kola News has turfed up the story [...]
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Freedom of the press, or freedom to press charges?
Posted in bolivian press, dodgy dealings, oriente on May 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
About that assassination plot, then…
Posted in dodgy dealings, oriente, violence on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t posted about the whole Santa Cruz hotel room/dodgy international mercenary gang/police shootout debacle until now, but I’m pleased to see that the big boy bloggers have been taking on the essential job of disseminating information about the attackers and the circumstances. More of that in a minute. Today, my boss Alex at the [...]
‘Only two newspapers tell the truth, the Morning Star and the Financial Times’
Posted in dodgy dealings, UK press on January 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
So a friend who works in the City told me the other evening, anyway. Which means I shouldn’t have been quite so astonished at the Financial Times coverage of the referendum, which is both balanced and informative. (The coverage in the Morning Star, we’ve already established, is top-notch (-; ) Evo Morales, Bolivia’s popular leftwing [...]
