La figura del Illa Ekeko tuvo un significado muy distinto para las culturas nativas de sudamerica que para los españoles de la época de la colonia. Adelaida nos explicará en que consisten estas diferencias.

Evo Morales was a Bolivian congressman at the time of filming in 2004. At the time he was best known as an advocate and unofficial representative of traditional coca farmers, who are, for the most part, poor and marginalized. Today this indigenous politician and one-time farmer himself is best known for being president of Bolivia.