The news boards are all aglow with reports of spirited lawmaking in La Paz after the Bolivian congress went to blows over control of the country’s judicial branch.

Opposition leaders seized the dais in the lower house in a failed effort to block legislators aligned with President Evo Morales from bringing charges against the country’s highest court for suspending four of his judicial appointees. Lawmakers from Morales’ party, who hold a slim majority in the chamber, tried to dislodge their rivals. Both sides stood on tables and yelled at the other before flinging cups of water and engaging in brief but violent fisticuffs.

First Mexico, now these guys. Nothing like a little Latino passion in your lawmaking.

Raw Video: Bolivian lawmakers throw punches [MSN]
Bolivian Lawmakers Exchange Blows Over Fight for Judicial Branch Control [Fox]