Photo: Wine Boom Threatens Native Argentine Water Source

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Cecilia Villegas, an indigenous Huarpe living in Argentina's Monte Desert, said she would have to move if the water level sank further.

About 2,000 Huarpes live in the desert. Others have migrated to Argentina's cities, where they often face bleak economic opportunities.

Photograph by Lorne Matalon

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