Tag: Jeanine Añez

• Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 11:16 UTC

  Bolivia's Supreme Court orders Áñez's release

  

  Bolivia's Supreme Court overturned Jeanine Áñez's sentence on Wednesday and ordered the immediate release of the former head of State. “The sentence against Jeanine Áñez has been overturned... and as a result, she will be released today,” Chief Justice Rómer Saucedo confirmed.

• Thursday, May 1st 2025 - 10:00 UTC

  Former Bolivian de facto minister to be released from US jail in July

  

  Arturo Murillo, a former Bolivian Minister during the interim and arguably illegitimate government of Jeanine Áñez, will be released from a US prison on July 21, 2025, the US Federal Bureau of Prisons published on its website.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Trial of Jeanine Áñez in Bolivia: FCDO shares questions on judges independence and calls for judicial reform

  

  The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has issued a statement following the verdict in the trial of Jeanine Áñez in Bolivia and encourages the Bolivian government to engage in good faith with substantive judicial reform

• Monday, June 13th 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Bolsonaro sees himself jailed after leaving office, “like Áñez”

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said from Orlando in the United States that he feared he might end up like former Bolivia's Jeanine Áñez when he leaves office.

• Saturday, June 11th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Bolivian court hands down 10-year jail sentence to former ruler Áñez

  

  Former Bolivian interim President Jeanine Áñez (2019-2020) has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the crimes of breach of duties and resolutions contrary to the Constitution and laws in the so-called “Coup d'État II” case stemming from the November 2019 uprising which brought Evo Morales' rule to an end.

• Wednesday, March 30th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Gas: Bolivia advised to renegotiate with Brazil and sell more to Argentina

  

  While the Bolivian state-run YPFB is yet to report on any progress regarding payment conditions with Brazil for gas sales or the signing of the sixth addendum to the export contract with Argentina, hydrocarbon analysts have insisted on the need to roundup these negotiations given the current situation stemming from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

• Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 09:14 UTC

  Bolivia's Justice far from the people, UN rapporteur says

  

  UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Diego García-Sayán said Justice was “far from the people” of Bolivia.

• Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:08 UTC

  Bolivia signs judicial protocol with UN mission

  

  Bolivian authorities and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Monday signed a “protocol for the observation of judicial processes,” which is also to apply to the cases against former president Jeanine Áñez, it was announced.

• Monday, February 21st 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Bolivia: Judge allows Áñez's hospitalization

  

  Former Bolivian interim President Jeanine Áñez has been hospitalized “in critical condition” due to a hunger strike she began ten days ago, according to her lawyers.

• Friday, February 18th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  Bolivia: Áñez collapses during new virtual court appearance

  

  A new hearing involving former Bolivian interim President Jeanine Áñez was adjourned Thursday as she collapsed during her virtual appearance from the Miraflores prison where she is housed.