our first Tio citing

Tio is the idol the miners make offerings to cigarettes, pachamama 95 pure alcohol, he was invented by the Spanish so the miners would work underground

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Beneath Cerro Rico

June 28th 2006
Hazardous to your health, mining in Potosi: the colonial way or is it the Bolivian way? As you may notice this entry is long overdue - essentially dropped the ball on Potosi, but then again no love lost there on either side. It is a fascinating historic town but essentially located beside what looks like the surface of the Moon, a landscape of bleak rock over 4000 metres (12000 ft) high, where bas ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Potosi

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

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