Weekly Report - 11 October 2005

As this issue is being distributed the Bolivian congress will be resuming its critical debate on how to deal with the constitutional court ruling that demands a redistribution of congressional seats among the various departments [WR-05-39]. After a period of total intransigence there were signs last weekend of willingness to compromise by Santa Cruz and glimmers of a change of heart in the highlands, led by two parties of the left.