Comments on: Michael Dwyer death: Political plot or Bolivian bovine?

By: margaritalatina

margaritalatina — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:26:31 +0000

First of all the pictures were printed by the right wing press to shock people. So, don't blame the Bolivian government for that.
Secondly, if you do not want to end up like that do not go to Bolivia to try terrorist attacks. Our goverment will not tolerate that. We are peaceful people, but how would you feel if we arrived in Ireland and started blowing bombs. That's what Michael D, did, and I'm glad they were shot while they were in bed, otherwise they would have blown the hotel to pieces and then everybody would say how imcompetent the Bolivian police is.

By: ollieboyle29

ollieboyle29 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:54:57 +0000

Hi i didnt know micheal , im a 29 year old security guard from dublin, i dont have a degree in international politics, i am not affilated with this man grieving family nor am i affilated or know anyone in bolivia. But what i do know is a blind man can see this is a cover up !! I thought this from the very start ??? You would have to be bananaz or brain washed to believe a COCK AND BULL fantascy dreamed up by these bolivianz! I am out raged to my core that this poor family had to see pictures of their son brother lying on a cold slab !!! I am also out raged with the irish media on the first couple of days splashing ludricious headlines about this man and stabbing the family again with his picture of him dead!Then after a few days the media realising this story was untrue and slowly fading into the shadows without words of apology or compensation for this family.

This is not on lads, we dont live on an island where we put everyday grusome pictures on the front page to sell poxie papers! Just cause some back water country does, does it give us the go ahead to follow suit ! No and it never has, unless the family or gardai requests such a motion and normally this is to help some investigation not to sell papers.

My heart goes out to this man who is a son of our land and a family member to a family who seem like a really loving nice irish family, a man who grew up on this land and probably held a heartfull of love for the irish soil , its people and all around him........

............only in death to be let down by those who should have @ least stuck up for him or vindicate him from this trumped up crime i.e the government and media should hang their heads in shame until this young proud irish mans name is cleared. I shudder to think that Ireland has lost its love and personality for those law biding citizen who make our small little ireland famous for all the reasons internationally known in the world today.

My prayers and thought are with the dwyer family
I wish uou all the best of luck in your fight for justice
And if i can help in any way please say....

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 26 May 2009 02:04:09 +0000

Bolivian Bovine? lol

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/bolivia...

By: Daffyd

Daffyd — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:28:34 +0000

Oh for pity's sake

By: Julio Carrasco

Julio Carrasco — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:58:56 +0000

Con Maxwell, The president of Bolivia was democratically elected, yes, but now he had declared that he is Marxist, Leninist, Socialist and Comunist and he wants toled our cuntry toward a Cultural Revolution in the MaoTse Tung-Pol Pot style. Killing an irish man doesn´t mean nothing in a Stalinist plot to implant in Bolivia a dictator.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:53:05 +0000

Someone that works in international security is a mercenary. That's precisely what international security work is. Whether Dwyer was an extreme right winger like the Hungarian or “just doing his job”, he was definitely involved in something shady.

By: Con Maxwell

Con Maxwell — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:05:03 +0000

To Maria from Bolivia I direct the following:
Coca leaf has both licit and illicit uses.You can buy it legally in shops in Latin America in a form like tea bags.It is a mild stimulant and is said to be good for altitude sickness.So not everyone who grows coca is a criminal.
In Bolivia as in the rest of Latin America the white people (whose ancestors arrived there a few centuries or a few generations ago) occupy the flat good land while the indigenous people (whose ancestors arrived there 20,000 years ago) live on tiny plots of land on the sides of the Andes.The indigenous people were driven from their lands.It is very difficult for these people to survive.
Some of the Bolivian poor try to emigrate.However quotas and visa problems make this very difficult.Here in Spain where I live there are a lot of Bolivians, some of them illegal (or “sin papeles” as it is called here).Being illegal puts them in danger of labour exploitation and hassle from the police.Seeing the difficulties these people face at home or abroad is it any wonder that some of them unfortunately resort to profitably growing coca for illicit purposes?.
As regards political violence from the left, this is often a last resort for people who know that state institutions (police, courts etc) are totally corrupt under right wing governments and only serve the interests of the rich.Morales is a saint in comparison with his recent predecessors.

By: Daffyd

Daffyd — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:01:03 +0000

LOL!

I like the bringing up of his role as leader of the indigineous coca farmers and attempting to play on western ignorance of the coca plant and it's importance to the indigineous peoples of Latin America.

I'm assuming you've heard of Nacion Camba too? Branko Marinkovic? They're the kind of people who prowl around the opposition's strongholds brandishing swatiskas and beating and murdering Indians for being Indians.

You should be ashamed, you should be ashamed that many of your countrymen have so little regard for democracy that they're prepared to drag Bolivia back to the bad old days Europe experienced in the 30s/40s and Latin America did in the 50s/60s/70s/80s.

Flores was a fascist and a racist, his previous writings and pronouncements leave no room for doubt on that front, and that he was up to no good is a given. It's just a crying shame that a young Irishman seemed to get embroiled in a situation which was way over his head.

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:49:36 +0000

I am Bolivian, and I think you are right. This is a holliwood set organised to put in prison Bolivian oponents to the actual regime. Unfortunatelly your dear friend was in the the wrong place at the wrong moment.
Can you call Morales to lead a democracy?
Did you know that The vice rpesident of Bolivia was a real terorist? and nobody killed him…and he went to prison for trying to bomb few buildings in Bolivia.
Sorry about that , I am ashamed to be Bolivian.
Morales is a criminal and the Vice president is worst than that.
Morales is teh elader of teh Coca growers…Coca teh raw material for cocaine. I mean the leader, can you imagine, the president to be a cocaine raw material provider?

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:35:50 +0000

He is work for IRMS since febuary 2008. He was a Team Leader in my group.