Mine

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What are their ages

14, 12

How many people died in the mountain that eats men alive

180,000

How many families live in the mines

350-400

Who is tio

A representation of the devil

La niñez

Childhood

La corrupción

Corruption in the government

Los drogas/ el alcohol

Drugs and alcohol

Palvo

Dust

La economia

Economic situation of the country

Entorno

Environment

Describe their living conditions

Hard, dangerous, cold

El hambre

Hunger

Analfabetismo

Illiterate

What is the festival

It is the miners carnival.differnet mine groups gather in the city to dance

What is the name of the mine

La cumbre

La falta de educación

Lack of education

Falta de luz

Lack of electricity

La falta de un padre o madre

Lack of father or mother

La pobreza en la familia

Poverty at home

What does basilios mom speak

Quechua

Coca leaf

Tea that serves as a stimulant and combats hunger

Who brought the concept of the tio

The Indians thought the spaniards were evil so they rebelled and the spaniards said to worship a random God, or else they will be punished . They believed because they are polytheistic

El roll de papa

The father figure

La immigración de Los indígenas a la ciudad

The immigration of the native Indians into the city

How much does basilio earn

2.50

How many of the population lives in the mines

5000

What did bernardino want to be

A civil engineer

What is silicosis

A diseases that many minors get. It is gotten through inhaling bad dust

What does the older brother represent

A father figure

What did basilio want to be

A teacher

What are the names of the brothers

Basilio and bernardino

Jefe

Boss

What is the name of the mountain

Cerro Rico

Falta de agua

Lack of water

What animal do they sacrifice

Llama

La mina

Mine

What is the name of the boss

Ortega

What is the population of bolivia

Over 10 mil

What does the little sister call her brother

Papa

What is the name of their city

Potosí

La pobreza

Poverty

Salario

Salary

Sacrificio

To sacrifice

What is the name of their sister

Vanessa

La violencia

Violence

Viudia

Widower


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