Bolivians voted Sunday on a draft constitution promising a new deal for the Andean nation's long-suffering indigenous majority and granting leftist President Evo Morales a shot at remaining in office through 2014.
The charter was expected to pass easily in a country where many can still recall when Indians were forbidden to vote.
Sunday's vote went peacefully, a relief for a divided nation where tensions over race and class have recently turned deadly. Opposition leaders worry the constitution's indigenous focus could leave out Bolivia's minority mestizo and white population, foreshadowing more political turmoil to come.
Morales, Bolivia's first …
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