Jorge Torres Obleas

Jorge Torres Obleas (born May 24, 1957, in La Paz) is a Bolivian politician and engineer. Holding master's degrees in Electrical Engineering and Economic Planning, Torres Obleas has worked as a consultant in various Latin American countries. He has also served as a lecturer at the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés in La Paz.

Torres Obleas was the director of the daily newspaper Hoy between 1994 and 1995. He has also been a columnist for newspapers such as La Razón, La Estrella del Oriente and El Deber.

Torres Obleas left Bolivia in 2009, avoiding standing trial on accusation of involvement in the "Black October" killings (a military crackdown on protesters in 2003, in which more than 60 people died).