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