The story, which was based on accounts by the indigenous people to the filmmaker, provoked an outrage in the public which led to a government investigation about the Peace Corps' actions in Bolivia, which ended in the expulsion of the agency from the country.
A historia, que está baseada en feitos reais sufridos pola comunidade do director, provocou unha indignación no público que conduciu a unha investigación gobernamental sobre as accións do Corpo de Paz en Bolivia, que rematou coa expulsión da axencia do país.