Potosi, Bolivia
Potosi and the Silver Mines
Eight million people have died in the mines since Colonial times, including numerous of slaves brought over to mine silver.Potosi (said to be the world´s highest city 4060M) was once one of the wealthiest cities in Latin America - the Las Vegas of S.A. full of prostitutes, gamblers and merchants all becoming rich off the silver veins of the mountains and underpinning the Spanish economy for 2 centuries. The mountains have been deple...