LAST December Evo Morales, Bolivia's socialist president, easily won a second term and with it a mandate to implement a new constitution.
On September 7, 1940, before he could actually implement a new constitution that gave him great authoritarian powers, Estigarribia was killed in an air crash.
The result will allow him to implement a new constitution granting new rights to indigenous peoples and to strengthen state control over the economy.
This has involved giving greater constitutional rights to indigenous peoples and extending the state's control over the economy.The result means that Mr Morales can now not only implement a new constitution formalising many of those changes, but may also be able to tweak this to allow him to run indefinitely for the presidency, like his friend, Hugo Chávez, in Venezuela.
Bitter infighting in 2011 threatened to split Kenya's governing coalition, which faced the challenge of implementing a new constitution and preparing for the 2012 elections.
The immediate concern of ordinary Kenyans will be how the incoming government implements a new Constitution designed to devolve power and money to the counties.
GDP growth: 5.9% GDP: $35bn (PPP: $78bn) Inflation: 6.7% Population: 42.8m GDP per head: $810 (PPP: $1,830 Raila Odinga, the prime minister and front-runner to succeed President Mwai Kibaki, will focus on ensuring a smooth transition, while pushing ahead with pro-market reforms and implementing a new constitution.
He may now return and stir up trouble once again, especially for Mr Odinga.There are worries that the ICC proceedings could distract the elite at just the moment when it needs unity to implement an ambitious new constitution.
The Constitution is designed to implement a philosophically rigorous theory of limited government, and its terms embody deep theoretical commitments.
India is trying to implement a fundamental right to clean fresh water and sanitation in their constitution.
