The struggle of the aboriginal population

 

Latin America is inhabited by approximately 40 million Native Americans. A vast majority of them live in the worst economic and social conditions.

 

For the first time in post-columbus history a president of aboriginal origin rules over a country with a vastly aboriginal population: Bolivia.

However, a drive to peacefully modify the institutions, which oppressed the aboriginal population for more than 500 years, meets fierce resistance from a wealthy white minority.

 

The documentary axis of our journey will be:

 

Bolivia: the ethnic-civil conflict arising from the aboriginal-friendly political measures of President Evo Morales.

 

Argentina: destruction of the Toba and Wichi communities as a result of deforestation and monocropping.

 

Mexico: silent success of the "Revolución Zapatista" in Chiapas: sustainable models of socio-agricultural development.