This Sunday Bolivians will go to the polls, yet again. This time it's for "local" (municipal) & "regional" (departmental) elections. The elections are a remarkable first for the country. Municipal elections were introduced in 1994, laying the foundation for a new decentralized Bolivian state. The 2009 constitution also recognized departmental (and subdepartmental) autonomy, laying the foundation for further decentralization (in fact, a "federalization" of the country).

No, I haven't ignored the Bolivian local elections. I've been looking at the latest Ipsos polls and hope to write something (brief) up tomorrow morning. It's been a busy few weeks, so I apologize for putting the blog on the back burner.