Popular in many parts of Latin America, dwarf bullfights pit small people against calves, rather than the fully-grown beasts. A job in one of the troupes is highly competitive, and that along with bullfights, most groups also put on variety shows. But the fights aren’t just about entertainment, one fighter claims.

"If a little person can fight a bull, he can do anything," Javier Landa, a performer. "That’s what we’re trying to prove."

It’s also a steady stream of income, a bullfighter can earn up to $100 per show.

 

Dwarfs often deal with difficulty finding work and discrimination, the struggle has gone on for hundreds of years. That a book chronicling the work of dwarfs is set for release later in 2012.

"Here, little people don’t have the kind of support that you have (in the USA)," bullfighter Jorge Reyes. "Here, a little person really has to work."