An agronomist inspects soy plants in eastern Bolivia.
A Bolivian agronomist inspects a plantation of soybeans, one of the country's main export products, on a farm in Cotoca, east of Santa Cruz, January 1, 2005. The rich soya, sugar and corn farms in Santa Cruz province could not be further from the capital La Paz perched high in the Andes, but the region is now at the heart of a campaign for regional autonomy highlighting a deep split over how to govern South America's poorest country. Picture taken January 1. REUTERS/David Mercado DM/RR