Fighting for the Rule of Law

By Dr. Eugenio Raul Zaffaroni, Argentinian judge emeritus

October 2020

International law is not something most Americans know well; yet certain fundamentals are central to the values upon which our nation was built. The idea of tyrannical rule, where people are afraid for their lives from the government, is abhorrent. Dr. Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni, the preeminent Argentine jurist, analyzes the misuse of power in Bolivia in the actions surrounding the November 2019 coup d’etat. Seven top officials of the ousted government were granted political asylum in Mexico, but the current Bolivian regime illegally refuses them safe passage out of the country. Dr. Zaffaroni declares that recovering, restoring and developing the Rule of Law in Bolivia constitutes a critical task in Latin America.