Potosí: The Silver Mountain That Financed the Spanish Empire and Killed Eight Million People

A Bolivian mountain financed the Spanish Empire for 250 years. It also killed eight million miners. The city on its side is poorer now than it was in 1650.

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Potosí: The Silver Mountain That Financed the Spanish Empire and Killed Eight Million People

Bolivia

The mountain that financed the Spanish Empire and killed millions. Bolivia's altiplano hides five centuries of extraction — and the miners still inside it.

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Potosí: The Silver Mountain That Financed the Spanish Empire and Killed Eight Million People

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