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Gonzalo TORRICO AFP

'I couldn't breathe': The dark side of Bolivia's silver boom

'I couldn't breathe': The dark side of Bolivia's silver boom

In the bowels of a Bolivian mine that made the Spanish empire fabulously wealthy 500 years ago, high prices are driving a new silver rush -- with tragic consequences. Lured by soaring prices for silver and tin, youths like Efrain Villaca are risking their lives to try find new seams in
Gonzalo TORRICO AFP 02 Mar 2026

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