Kenneth Dickerman and Photo editor Simone Francescangeli for The Washington Post: “El Tio” and a miner. “El Tio” is a miner’s god that presides over every tunnel entrance. Every day, miners offer him coca leaves, cigarettes and alcohol, hoping it will bring good fortune. (Simone Francescangeli) Any celebration is a good opportunity to drink and forget miners’ living…
Tag: Cerro Rico
The Bolivian mountain that eats miners
The Rich Mountain of Potosi (Cerro Rico) has been an enormous source of wealth. An old say, worldwide: “It is worth a Potosi” (Vale un Potosi) summarizes its world class! Potosi was larger than New York, had electricity before Paris … and yet … we rad below the sad, real life that those miners had…
November 10, 2017: Potosí celebrates 207 anniversary
From El Diario and my life: Potosí celebrates 207 anniversary Potosí celebrates today 207 years of its libertarian cry, is one of the nine departments that constitutes the territory of Bolivia. Its capital is the Potosí homonym, famous for its silver deposits, which transcended to the thesaurus or to the lexicon of the Spanish language…
What locals call the ‘gates of hell’: inside the infamous mines of Potosi
Matt Castell reports for news.com.au: What locals call the ‘gates of hell’: inside the infamous mines of Potosi IT’S pitch black, I have a pocket full of explosives and I’m thirsty. Caleb has the water so my only option is a plastic bottle of pure grain alcohol. “Caleb?” I splutter, a quiver of nervousness in…
Environmental damage continues to affect our National Heritage!
El Diario reports: Cerro Rico de Potosí sinks in 60 meters The Cerro Rico de Potosí recorded a sinking of magnitude at the top of the mountain that has a radius of 30 meters and a depth of 60 meters. This situation occurs prior to the visit of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural…
Argentina Returns 16th-Century Coins to Bolivia
Latin American Herald Tribune reports: Argentina Returns 16th-Century Coins to Bolivia LA PAZ – Bolivia’s foreign ministry announced Wednesday the repatriation from Argentina of 82 coins that were minted here in the 16th century. The ministry gave credit for the recovery to “efforts made by the Embassy of the Plurinational State of Bolivia in Argentina,”…
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