Bolivian voters approve constitutional referendum

Voters in Bolivia have approved a new constitution which seeks to reverse hundreds of years of discrimination through land redistribution and guarantees a number of seats in the legislature for indigenous people. Although beleaguered President Evo Morales and the social movement that backs him can now celebrate this victory, the referendum results also expose the deep polarization between the western part of Bolivia, and the eastern part, where European decedents overwhelmingly voted to reject the new constitution. Leny Olivera and Aldo Orellana have the story.

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