Boli-Nica emphasizes the push for autonomy by the region of Santa Cruz as Evo Morales pushes through a Constituent Assembly. A consensus on the Assembly was indeed reached and Eduardo Ávila says departmental percentages will favor larger cities (such as Santa Cruz). Miguel Buitrago has his own analysis of the new legislature while Miguel Centallas does some number-crunching and predicts how the assembly might pan out by departmental and party lines. His data reveals the importance of electoral rules.