Colombian Emeralds

MUZO, BOYACA DEPARTMENT, COLOMBIA - AUGUST 2010: Mata Cafe, one of the main residential groupings of huts of the mining community. Muzo is the heart emerald country in Colombia. The emeralds are known worldwide for their quality and purity. But behind the beauty of the spell of the emerald is a dark story of violence, war and the systematic violation of human rights that has turned this corner of Colombia into a pit of despair. Hundreds of people flock to Muzo in search of their own El Dorado, only to discover a very different reality from their dream of riches. Poverty, violence and hunger usually end up being part of the daily lives of all those that have come to these mountains following their dreams, in search of emeralds. (Photo by Alvaro Ybarra Zavala/Getty Images Reportage)
MUZO, BOYACA DEPARTMENT, COLOMBIA - AUGUST 2010: Mata Cafe, one of the main residential groupings of huts of the mining community. Muzo is the heart emerald country in Colombia. The emeralds are known worldwide for their quality and purity. But behind the beauty of the spell of the emerald is a dark story of violence, war and the systematic violation of human rights that has turned this corner of Colombia into a pit of despair. Hundreds of people flock to Muzo in search of their own El Dorado, only to discover a very different reality from their dream of riches. Poverty, violence and hunger usually end up being part of the daily lives of all those that have come to these mountains following their dreams, in search of emeralds. (Photo by Alvaro Ybarra Zavala/Getty Images Reportage)
Colombian Emeralds
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Alvaro Ybarra Zavala / Contributeur
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500449616
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Reportage Archive
Date de création :
20 août 2010
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595579461AZ046_emerald
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