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Bolivia

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  • The majestic Illimani mountain with a height of 6439 meters forms part of the Cordillera Real of the Andes. La Paz, Bolivia.
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  • The majestic Illimani mountain with a height of 6439 meters forms part of the Cordillera Real of the Andes. La Paz, Bolivia.
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  • The majestic Sajama mountain with a height of 6542 meters forms part of the Cordillera Occidental of the Andes. Bolivian Altiplano, Bolivia.
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  • Potosi, Bolivia.
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  • Potosi, Bolivia.
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  • Shearing their llamas. Jesús de Machaca, Bolivian Altiplano.
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  • The Pujllay, the traditional carnival of Tarabuco. In commemoration the victory of their ancestors on top of the Spanish troops in 1816, peasants of all the closer communities meet in Tarabuco dressing their better attires, full with coloring to dance their ancestral music. Bolivia.
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  • Konko's carnival. Bolivia.
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  • Traditional Bolivian Diablada (Devil) dancers perform at the Oruro Carnival celebration, designated by Unesco as the oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Oruro, Bolivia.
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  • Aymara peasant farming with the use of this “uysu” –an upright plouh used since pre-Colombian times. Bolivian Altiplano.
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  • Planting seed potatoes. Bolivian Altiplano.
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  • Planting seed potatoes. Bolivian Altiplano.
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  • Shearing their llamas. Jesús de Machaca, Bolivian Altiplano.
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  • Bolivian Altiplano.
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  • Tintin, Bolivia.
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  • The typcial "chicha", an alcoholic beverage of South America, is made with corn derivatives. "Chicheria" in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
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  • Singani is a clear alcoholic spirit distilled from white muscatel grapes. It is produced only in the Bolivian Andes and is considered the national liquor of Bolivia and a cultural patrimony. Singani has been produced since the 16th Century shortly after the Spanish arrived in South America. Konko, Bolivian Altiplano.
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  • Konko, Bolivian Altiplano.
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  • Lying down by the "chicha". Cochabamba, Bolivia.
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  • The Cerro Rico of Potosí. Bolivia.
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  • Silver miners in the Cerro Rico of Potosí. Bolivia.
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  • The coca leaf is indispensable to the miner; it helps him fight off fatigue, hunger and thirst. Cerro Rico of Potosí. Bolivia.
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  • Miners preparing the jackhammer in Cerro Rico of Potosí. Bolivia.
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  • Extracting silver in Cerro Rico of Potosí. Bolivia.
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  • Extracting silver in Cerro Rico of Potosí. Bolivia.
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  • Co-operative workers in the Rosario mine in Cerro Rico have lost the seam. They have not extracted a single gram of silver in the last two months. Bolivia.
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  • Offerings to the "tio": an anthropomorphic figure which represents the devil, lord and master of the mine, for whom the miners have an unwavering devotion. Cerro Rico of Potosí. Bolivia.
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  • Siglo XX tin mine. Llallagua, Bolivia.
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  • Most of the richest seams of tin are located in “kjoni” zones or hot spots. The teams known as “mandingas” (devils) consist of seven miners and owe their name to the fact that they have to endure temperatures of 40º at their work station. Siglo XX tin mine. Llallagua, Bolivia.
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  • Working at 4500 metres of altitude and in extreme temperatures means that the “mandingas” have to “pijchear”-chew coca leaves- for an hour in a small gallery before going into the mine shaft. Siglo XX tin mine. Llallagua, Bolivia.
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  • To get to the seam they have to haul themselves through a tunnel barely 60 centimeters in diameter.  Siglo XX tin mine. Llallagua, Bolivia.
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  • The miners take turns in working on the seam, in pairs; there is no room for more in the tiny dug out of the depths of the earth. Siglo XX  tin mine. Llallagua, Bolivia.
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  • As there is no ventilation system, the miners cannot endure more than 45 minutes working on the seam so they come out exhausted, soaked in sweat and covered in a fine layer of metallic dust which a few years later will solidify their lungs. Siglo XX  tin mine. Llallagua, Bolivia.
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  • A "mandinga" resting after having completed his stint in the Siglo XX tin mine. Llallagua, Bolivia.
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  • Cerro Rico of Potosí. Bolivia.
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  • Death of a miner who had worked for the last 30 years in the mine shaft. He had no right to a pension. The Cerro Rico miners’ encampment. Potosí, Bolivia.
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  • When a miner dies in a gallery his widow is granted the right to be a "palliri". The "palliri" collect the rocks that the miners dispose of in order to recover the silver or tin remains they contain. Cerro Rico of Potosí. Bolivia.
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  • Doña Alejandra, 65 years old, is a "palliri" of Cerro Rico. Her arthritis is getting worse and will soon prevent her from working. Potosí, Bolivia.
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  • Doña Alejandra, 65 years old, is a "palliri" of Cerro Rico. Her arthritis is getting worse and will soon prevent her from working. Potosí, Bolivia.
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  • A "palliri" from Siglo XX mine at her house in Llallagua. Bolivia.
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  • "Palliri". The Cerro Rico miners’ encampment. Potosí, Bolivia.
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  • Martial law. Bolivia 1995.
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  • Martial law. Bolivia 1995.
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  • Man injured in serious confrontations with the police and the Bolivian army. El Alto, Bolivia 1995.
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  • The steep fall in the price of products such as coffee or cocoa on the international market for raw materials, is forcing millions of peasants to abandon traditional crops in favour of drugs, witch are much more lucrative. Chapare, Bolivia.
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  • The steep fall in the price of products such as coffee or cocoa on the international market for raw materials, is forcing millions of peasants to abandon traditional crops in favour of drugs, witch are much more lucrative. Chapare, Bolivia.
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  • The steep fall in the price of products such as coffee or cocoa on the international market for raw materials, is forcing millions of peasants to abandon traditional crops in favour of drugs, witch are much more lucrative. Chapare, Bolivia.
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  • Peasant who grows coca leaves in the Bolivian Chapare. Cochabamba, Bolivia.
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  • Green bags of dried coca leaves for sale in a roadside stall in Potosi. In Bolivia and Peru, coca leaf chewing was an ancestral tradition with a long history. Potosi, Bolivia.
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  • Bolivian counter-narcotics unit destroys cocaine lab. Chapare, Bolivia.
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  • Counternarcotics forces in Chapare to eradicate coca patches that exceed the legal limit. Bolivia.
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  • Prison cell. San Antonio Prison. On the grounds of the San Antonio men's penitentiary in Cochabamba, 80% of the prison population is linked to drug trafficking crimes. Bolivia.
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  • For a modest payment made to the prison Governor, the prisoners wives can spend as much time as they like with them. In the San Antonio prison there are 10 women and 15 children living on a permanent basis together with their husbands and/or fathers, as well as rest of the prisoners.  San Antonio Prison. Bolivia.
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  • For a modest payment made to the prison Governor, the prisoners wives can spend as much time as they like with them. In the San Antonio prison there are 10 women and 15 children living on a permanent basis together with their husbands and/or fathers, as well as rest of the prisoners.  San Antonio Prison. Cochabamba, Bolivia.
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  • San Antonio Prison. Cochabamba, Bolivia.
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  • San Antonio Prison. Cochabamba, Bolivia.
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  • San Antonio Prison. Bolivia.
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