BBC reports further progress in Bolivia
Bolivia 'backs Morales reforms'
The president has promised to give the people their say
Bolivian President Evo Morales' leftist party appears to have won a narrow majority in a new assembly picked to rewrite the constitution.
Early unofficial results suggested he won 133 out of 255 seats - short of the two-thirds majority needed for full control - but Mr Morales was upbeat.
"This support ... gives us the strength to go on changing," he said.
Meanwhile four of the country's nine regions seem to have voted strongly in favour of greater autonomy.
The president is opposed to the moves to give regions more powers.
Santa Cruz, Tarija, Pando and Beni states are all rich in the country's natural resources.
Some of the other regions, such as the Quechua and Aymara states, were expected to reject the proposal.
'Favourable reports'
The country has already seen radical change since President Morales took office in January. "We want to be an exemplary country in Latin America with the participation of the people. That is what is historical about today," President Morales told reporters.
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