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05/03/25 [CNN] > ‘The Mountain that Eats Men.’ This Bolivian town is the only place in the world where you can legally buy dynamite : Six tourists wearing hard hats and heavy overalls sit, cramped up in a narrow mineshaft, with barely enough space to kneel. The local tour guide pulls out a disposable lighter, ignites a bright green ...
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01/08/24 [Travel Weekly] > Exploring the cultural side of San Luis Potosi : The Catedral Metropolitan de San Luis Rey is a baroque cathedral located in the main square of San Luis Potosí. Photo Credit: Meagan Drillinger Most travelers think of thrill-seeking adventure when ...
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31/07/22 [Mining] > Bolivian authorities investigate tailings pond collapse near Potosí : Bolivian authorities are investigating the causes behind the collapse of a tailings facility near the southern town of Potosí, an accident that took place a week ago and that caused a mix of mud and ...
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21/03/16 [The Guardian] > Story of cities #6: how silver turned Potosí into 'the first city of capitalism' : The discovery of a mountain of silver (and a new way to extract it) transformed this remote Incan hamlet into the economic centre of Spain’s empire – larger than London, Milan or Seville. But then the ...
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07/07/14 [The Tico Times] > In Bolivia, Potosi silver mountain at risk of collapse : POTOSÍ, Bolivia – Cerro Rico, the fabled peak towering over the Bolivian city of Potosí that supplied silver to fund Spain’s colonial empire, is at risk of collapse from overmining, putting thousands ...
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23/08/10 [SocialistWorker] > Potosí’s revolt against poverty : The government of Bolivian President Evo Morales and his Movement Toward Socialism Party (MAS) was swept into office after years of struggle by the country's social movements and a series of mass ...