Evo Morales, Bolivia's first fully indigenous president and leader of the Movement for Socialism party, is expected to handily win the December 2009 Bolivian election.
The miners of Potosi, Bolivia, some 9-years-old, struggle to make a living in the harsh conditions within the Cerro Rico mines with out-dated Bolivia mining techniques.
President Morales ended his 5-day hunger strike on April 14, 2009 after Congress passed a new law allowing him to stand for re-election in December's general elections.