Ecuador to hold referendum on whether to rewrite constitution
The Ecuador Congress voted Tuesday to hold a referendum on whether Ecuador should form a constitutional assembly to rewrite its constitution . The vote is seen as a victory for the reform agenda of...
Ecuadorian President-elect Rafael Correa renewed his pledge to redraft the nation's constitution in a speech in Quito Sunday. Correa, an economist who will take office Monday, declared that his first...
Bolivia president signs land redistribution bill favoring poor
Bolivian President Evo Morales signed a land redistribution bill Tuesday that he hopes will allow his government to give 77,000 square miles of unproductive land to the country's poor. The president signed the...
Bolivia governors confront president on constitutional assembly vote
The governors of six of Bolivia's nine states vowed over the weekend to break off relations with President Evo Morales following a move to give Morales' leftist party more power to rewrite the...
Bolivia leftist party gains leverage in constitutional assembly
The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party of Bolivian President Evo Morales gained more power to rewrite the country's constitution over the objections of opposing political parties Friday when Bolivia's...
Bolivia constitutional convention stalls on key vote over powers
A Bolivian constitutional convention championed by President Evo Morales has delayed voting on a motion that would allow the assembly to create a constitutional framework without having to answer...
Bolivia constitutional assembly set to start rewriting national charter
A Bolivian constitutional convention championed by President Evo Morales was set to open Sunday with the goal of rewriting the country's constitution . Morales and his Movement Towards Socialism party have...
Bolivia ruling party falls short in election for constitutional reform assembly
Bolivian President Evo Morales may be forced to compromise with a special assembly that will rewrite the country's constitution after Morales' Movement Toward Socialism Party (MAS) apparently failed to...
Bolivians voted Sunday to elect 255 delegates to a special assembly that will rewrite the countrys constitution and decide whether to entrench greater power in the states or in the national government. The Movement Toward Socialism...
Bolivia president promises justice for indigenous people in inauguration speech
Newly-elected Bolivian president Evo Morales addressed the nation during his inauguration speech Sunday and promised to promote justice for indigenous Bolivian Indians, saying that they had been discriminated against and "never recognized as human...
