Bolivian President Evo Morales ended martial law in a northern province on Sunday more than two months after government supporters were killed in the region as a wave of political violence swept the country, according to Reuters. The decision by Morales clears a legal hurdle for the government to hold a Jan. 25 referendum on a new constitution. "As of midnight, martial law was lifted," said government minister Alfredo Rada. Earlier this month, the Andean country's electoral court warned it would not allow the referendum to go forward if martial law was still in effect in the remote Amazon region of Pando. The Bolivian leader hopes the new constitution will give more power to the country's Indian majority and expand the state's role in the economy. The electoral court said the law calling for the referendum states the vote cannot take place if civil liberties are restricted anywhere in the country.
