Despite Some Conservative Gains, Bolivian Elections Renew Morales Mandate

Two days after his sweeping victory in a controversial recall referendum, Bolivian President Evo Morales is busy taking advantage of the renewed mandate. Morales has announced he will kick-start a stalled drive to hold a referendum on a proposed new constitution. But some of his right-wing rivals were strengthened in Sunday's vote as well, and are consolidating conservatives to continue resistance to Morales's wide-sweeping social and economic change agenda. A left-wing reformer, former coca union leader and Bolivia's first indigenous president, Morales is proud of this socialist credentials. But despite the win at the polls, Bolivia remains bitterly divided. Linda Farthing reports from La Paz.

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