The university leader and member of the CEUB presidium visited several capital cities abroad to attend congresses, political meetings and even sporting events.
The top university leader and member of the Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Bolivian University (CEUB), Max Mendoza Parra, traveled to eight countries between 2018 and 2021. He visited capital cities and in some cases went more than once.
According to Accounting reports and reports of payment to beneficiary by source and agency of the Ministry of Economy and Public Finance dated May 16, accessed by EL DEBER, per diem allowances abroad amounting to Bs 160,566, 37 and corresponding to more than $23,000 are recorded.
Mendoza is questioned for extending himself in power for 10 years and taking university courses since 1989. There are already four criminal lawsuits and he is accused of having committed more than six crimes.
The plaintiffs are demanding the return of more than one million Bolivianos to the State, which is the sum of the salaries received in four years. The CEUB suspended payments to Mendoza.
Per diems designated in 2018.
In 2018, the university leader traveled to four cities abroad. Without specifying the reasons and a few weeks after his appointment as a member of the CEUB, the preventive voucher No. 278 of June 11, details that Mendoza made a trip to Argentina and Bs 6,842 were allocated.
A month later, an expense of Bs 10,947.80 is recorded for a trip to Havana, Cuba.
On October 10 of that year, a trip for Bs 10,663.66 to the United States is shown. After 21 days, an allowance of Bs 13,684.75 for travel expenses to Mexico is also detailed.
Six trips in 2019
During the 2019 administration, he made six trips. This time to Lima-Peru, Alicante-Spain, Caracas-Venezuela (twice), Miami-United States and Havana-Cuba.
The expenses for the six destinations amount to Bs 61,800.54 and in another part of the document there is an amount of Bs 753 for administrative procedures to acquire a visa before the Embassy of Spain.
The reasons for the trips would be for higher education meetings, a conference on financial administrative management, a congress of the Latin American and Caribbean Continental Organization of Students (OCLAE), a pedagogy congress and cooperation issues and scientific activities.
The pandemic did not stop him
Before the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Mendoza left the country from January 31 to February 7, 2020 to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for a university sports meeting in America. This trip cost Bs 7,146.60.
The following day, from February 8 to 17, he was in Havana, Cuba to attend the International Congress on Higher Education. Per diems amounted to Bs 12,622.80.
From November 11 to 18, he spent Bs 14,616 to go to Miami, United States to meet with Global Sten Cells Group.
Although he traveled abroad only three times, he made other trips to four cities in the country, visiting Santa Cruz (2), Cochabamba (4), Trinidad (5) and Tarija.
What happened in 2021?
When Luis Arce was one year into his term as president, the university leader traveled to New York, United States from October 17 to 24 to attend the Columbus Day parade. He was assigned Bs 12,993.
The economic report also records a trip to Guadalajara, Mexico. The State assigned him Bs 10,022.40 to attend a meeting convened by OCLAE.
According to the last record of a trip abroad, he also went again to Guadalajara, this time for the 91st anniversary of university autonomy. Per diems total Bs 13,828.20.
In 2022, only trips to Cochabamba, Sucre, Yacuiba and Oruro are shown.
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