July 14, 2006

Bolivia's Indian Majority Goes to College

By BURTON BOLLAG

In a part of the world where many indigenous populations are shut out of higher education, this is the first one to be met by open doors

Yamil Vera Callisaya's grandparents were not allowed to walk on the sidewalks of this capital city, because they were Indians. His parents faced pervasive, if less blatant, discrimination. Now, after two decades in which Bolivia's indigenous majority has made steady inroads into national life, Mr. Vera has just graduated from the law school of the

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