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.