Potosi - Miners1

Potosi - Bolivia

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May 3rd 2007
What a beautiful (and strange) town! The old colonial architecture mixed up with new office buildings and factories processing metals, all just hundreds meters from the Cerro Rico - once the richest silver mine in the world. The mine is still operating; in fact 15,000 miners every day enter the dusty, gassy, and extremely narrow shafts to make their living... The bus journey to Potosi, the highe ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Potosi

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Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more