Indigenous Autonomy

MUYAPAMPA, CHARAZANI, BOLIVIA - NOVEMBER 2009: Women of the Kallawaya people in the communal potato field near the village of Muyapampa, in the mountains north of the Titicaca Lake, Bolivia. Each potato seed is wrapped in a coca leaf and kissed before being planted. This ritual honours Pachamama (mother earth). One of 9 municipalities preparing to vote for indigenous autonomy status in Bolivia, the municipality of Charazani, including the village of Muyapampa, will be the first to vote in December 2009. (Photo by Ben Speck & Karin Ananiassen/Getty Images)