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[00:00.40]I must say, I find this place pretty harrowing.
[00:03.46]The Spaniards had a system of forced labour
[00:06.23]which meant that every able-bodied male in the native population had to do a stint down these mines.
[00:12.82]And you can see why one in eight of them didn't survive the ordeal.
[00:28.20]Today, 500 years later, conditions for miners in the Cerro Rico haven't improved much.
[00:35.54]But at least they get paid for the work they do.
[00:39.31]In those days, it was a way of making money that verged on genocide.
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