Dynamite, Coke And A Man-Eating Mountain: Bolivia's Potosi | Crossing The Andes | TRACKS
Stef Biemans travels the ridge of the Andes and wonders how South Americans are doing in Potosí, the highest city in the world, and once one of its richest, but also one where life can be short.
In the mining town of Potosí, capitalism was born, as it were. Here, the first coin was struck using silver from the mine of the ‘rich mountain’, which is still in use. So much silver has been extracted from this imposing mountain, you could use it to build a bridge to Spain. But you could also build a bridge out of the bones of dead miners and slaves. On average, miners only make it to the age of 45.
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These people extract the last ounces of silver from the mines just as they extract every simple joy of life they can from their short time on earth. I send you my love and respect.
Very informative, much respect for these hard working people...
3:15 such lovely lady. Love her sense of humor.
This series is so good, Stef is an excellent journalist who makes it so wonderful and engages with the ground reality, unlike many other series' which feel so impersonal
I used to have old coins made from the silver from this mines, I could never imagine how many died for this silver. Some years later I visited the city. I also could never imagine that I would be there.
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My grandfather is from potosi, I never knew my father’s family was from Bolivia growing up (he hid it from me). There has been many times where I have felt resentment at my father because how he had parent me, but when I watch videos like this, I feel like I begin to understand his character more, why he might think and act the way he does. I want to laugh and cry at the same time, it’s very strange. I guess things really do pass from generations.
He seems like a sensitive journalist. I hope TRACKS shows his series in full.
@TRACKSTravelDocs
2 жыл бұрын
We will! Just keep an eye on the channel ;)
The boy at 10:18, like a "Homer Simpson" hard hat for fun, but this is real. Bolivians are extremely nice people, I know it by experience there.
3:00 Mining supplies. 13:25 Mining consequences.
why the video of aswan city not available for EGYPT! Aswan is my city and Egypt is my country !!!?
@sabihatanveer8494
2 жыл бұрын
Saw it great place, good food and people too, feeamanallah
@stevenlester2606
2 жыл бұрын
Use a VPN and say you're in another country. We could see it in the USA.
I was born in Potosi, Catavi-Siglo XX but I don't know my city because I was taken to La Paz-Bolivia by my mother when I was 3-4 y/o while my father stayed few more years working as a miner. When he joined us in La Paz, soon he died because he contracted TB more than likely because he acquired it while working as a miner. My message for my countrymen is that God allowed the Spaniards to come with a rudimentary Christian message, now is up to us to search and confirm the truth about that Christian message in the Bible for ourselves. "Porque de tal manera amó Dios al mundo, que ha dado a su Hijo unigénito, para que todo aquel que en El cree no se pierda, mas tenga vida eterna." Juan 3:16
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Not sure why they have to show someone peeing?
Sad story inquistion of spain against natives, watch video a lamp in th dark
They need to exercise
Wtf I thought Africa exploitation was bad this worst
Screwed by Catholasism
Greedy espanyol 🤔