Bolivian justice orders detention of former Health Minister
Bolivian justice orders detention of former Health Minister
La Paz, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) A Bolivian judge on Monday issued a house arrest for former interim Health Minister Eidy Roca, who has been charged with alleged corruption crime for illegal purchase of Covid-19 respirators in 2020. Eidy Roca was among the de facto government officials probed for being an accomplice to the irregular transaction of 324 coronavirus respirators for personal purpose.
Anti-corruption Prosecutor William Rodríguez banned Eidy Roca from leaving the country, set a US$10,000 bond and ordered her to appear in court every 15 days.
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) Bolivia’s interim president and Venezuela’s No. 2 leader announced Thursday that they have been infected with the new coronavirus, just days after Brazil’s leader tested positive as the pandemic hits hard at some of Latin America’s political elite.
Three Cabinet ministers in the administration of Bolivian leader Jeanine Áñez have also tested positive for the virus, including Health Minister Eidy Roca and Presidency Minister Yerko Nuñez, who is hospitalized.
The infections in Venezuela, Brazil and Bolivia, which is seeing a spike in cases, come after Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández tested positive in June and was briefly hospitalized.