We´ve been in Sucre for 3 weeks now and although our Spanish is improving slowly its still very difficult to say or understand much more than ¨the cup is on the table¨or ïn the morning i brush my teeth after i have breakfast¨ - hardly very helpful for gaining a better understanding of the fascinating and volatile politics of the country. Last week there was a protest in the main plaza against attempts by the opposition party to block decisions regarding the formation of a new constitution by requiring a 2/3 rather than a simple majority vote on every article. The position of the governing party, MAS (stands for Movement towards Socialism but also means ¨more¨ in Spanish) was that each article should only need approval by a simple majority but for the new constitution itself to require a 2/3´s approval vote to pass. This week the Constituent Assembly adopted this position with a 2/3s majority vote, preventing constant blocking by an undemocratic minority. This means that the multitude of issues which face the Bolivian people - from oil nationalisation, to land reform, national independence and the rights of the indigenous majority - can begin to be addressed in a comprehensive way with a new and more democratic constitution. Above is a snap of some of the participants in the rally.