A dinghy rests lonely on the cracked ground on which it once floated: 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 such as flamingos, they lived for centuries on floating islands and reed rafts before settling on the shores.
Félix Mauricio's grandparents moved to . . .
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