A mighty blow for Bolivian television network PAT. Last Thursday, they aired "exclusive" photos supposedly taken by a passenger of Air France flight 447 at the moment the plane crashed. In fact, the mid-air plane dismemberment photos were taken from the television series "Lost." Read more and see the videos...

A notorious prison in Bolivia has been condemned by the government for allowing tourists to visit the premises, take photos and videos, and talk to the inmates. If you never made it inside the cárcel de San Pedro, it's too late now - the prison governor was sacked last week because of the illegal tours. See the images from those who got there before the doors were slammed shut...

Tens of thousands of largely indigenous demonstrators who trekked for nine days in support of President Evo Morales' constitutional reform - which would give more power to the country's indigenous majority - on Monday celebrated the draft's approval by Congress. Our Observer from La Paz took part in the "long march". Read more and see his photos.

Far from the gold chains and bimbos of American video clips, Abraham Bojorquez raps to his American Indian fans at 4000 metres above sea level. Read more…

When Bolivia's constitutional assembly approved the draft of the new charter, the effects were immediate. Four provinces declared themselves autonomous on Saturday, and huge crowds took to the streets to protest against the constitutional reform. At the same time, tens of thousands of Morales fans, most of them followers of the MAS (Movement Toward Socialism) party, marched in the streets of the country's administrative capital, La Paz, in support of the change (see photos). Torn by the division between a large American Indian population and a wealthy minority, South America's poorest country is in crisis. Our observers follow the events. Read more...

Material from our regional editor for South America, Cristiano de Sa Fagundes.

The Bolivian assembly approved a new constitution, which grants more power to President Evo Morales on Sunday. The approval was controversial, to say the least. There was an opposition boycott in the assembly, with only 164 out of 255 deputies present for the vote. What's more, the underlying tensions between supporters of Morales and mestizo Bolivians - who consider themselves descendants of Europeans - still run deep. In the run-up to Sunday's vote, there were violent protests in the central Bolivian city of Sucre, in which at least three people were killed. The extent of the violence can be seen in this video, filmed in Sucre on Nov. 23, where the constituent assembly had been meeting. We see opposition supporters tackling the police, and later, a policeman finds himself surrounded by rioters after his motorbike breaks down.

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The video was filmed by Paul van Hooff, a Dutch freelance journalist, and posted on 23 November 2007.