A raft stands lonely on the cracked earth it once floated on: Lake Poopó, the second largest lake in Bolivia, has disappeared, taking an ancient way of life with it.
The Urus call themselves a “water people”. Masters of fishing and hunting birds like flamingos, they lived for centuries on floating islands and reed rafts before settling on shores.
Félix Mauricio’s grandparents moved to . . .
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