Bolivia’s Supreme Court Moves to Free Right-Wing Leaders Amid Politicized Judicial Battles

Bolivia’s Supreme Court has issued a startling directive to judges demanding an immediate review of the prolonged detention of three high-profile right-wing politicians held without trial. This sudden legal maneuver comes just days after presidential elections upended two decades of leftist dominance in Bolivia, raising serious questions about the independence and impartiality of its judiciary. Chief Justice Romer Saucedo's order, mandating a 24-hour review on whether figures like former interim President Jeanine Áñez, Santa Cruz Governor Luis Fernando Camacho, and his running mate Marco Antonio Pumari have been unlawfully detained too long ahead of trials, appears less a pursuit of...