The Uru-Muratos are descendants of an old indigenous community in
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
, the
Urus or Uros. Because of their place of living, the surroundings of
Lake Poopó, they were commonly known as the "men of the lake". In 1930, their lands and lake were invaded by the
Aymara people
The Aymara or Aimara (, ) people are an Indigenous people in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America. Approximately 2.3 million Aymara live in northwest Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. The ancestors of the Aymara lived in the reg ...
. Consequently, most of the Uru-Muratos lost their place as the sole fishermen of the lake, and their economic livelihood and relations with other communities were drastically worsened.
External links
"Los Hombres del Lago" a documentary film by Aaron I. Naar presenting the story of the smallest community of Uru-Muratos,
Puñaca Tintamaria. Narrated by the community’s ex-leader, Daniel Moricio Choque, the movie recounts the history of their community, customs, and current problems: their continuous poverty, lack of land and representation, the contamination of
Lake Poopó, and the impact of global warming. See a 12 minutes
fragment from the filmon
YouTube
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Indigenous peoples in Bolivia
Indigenous peoples of the Andes