The town of La Rinconada in Peru is the highest permanent settlement in the world and has been dubbed the "most inhumane ...
UNIDO estimates that one-third of all mercury released by humans into the environment comes from artisanal gold mining. This turns places like La Rinconada into a sort of Shangri-la in reverse ...
YouTuber Tyler Oliveria visited La Rinconada so he could spend time in the "closest town to space" but the high altitude and ...
“La Rinconada looks and smells like a wide-open garbage dump, infested by a slowly meandering yellowish-brownish mercury-contaminated brew – tailings from illegal gold mining – what used to ...
La Rinconada in the Peruvian Andes is believed to be the highest permanant settlement in the world and one vlogger says he ...