Kathryn Cook

Compañero

The shadow of an airplane is seen passing over farm land on Bolivia's altiplano, or high plains. Newly elected President Evo Morales, the first indigenous president in Bolivia, was born on the altiplano where his family herded llamas. In the 1980s, the worsening economy forced Morales and his father to move to the tropical Chapare region to grow coca. Many Quechua and Aymara indigenous peoples, who make up over a majority of Bolivia's population, migrate from the altiplano to the city of El Alto or La Paz to find work.
The shadow of an airplane is seen passing over farm land on Bolivia's altiplano, or high plains. Newly elected President Evo Morales, the first indigenous president in Bolivia, was born on the altiplano where his family herded llamas. In the 1980s, the worsening economy forced Morales and his father to move to the tropical Chapare region to grow coca. Many Quechua and Aymara indigenous peoples, who make up over a majority of Bolivia's population, migrate from the altiplano to the city of El Alto or La Paz to find work.