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Can you imagine stumbling across a mountain that was filled to the brim with silver?
What would you even do with it?
Cerro Rico (wasn’t always called that) was known among the natives of the region forever. But when Europeans came along and saw it, they had dolla signs in their eyes.
As colonialists did, they exploited the f*ck out of it.
Let’s talk about the story of Cerro Rico.