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Paraguay gold rush leaves tea producers bitter

  • Tensions between yerba mate farmers and gold miners escalated in Paso Yobai, Paraguay.
  • An Ecuadoran miner's discovery of gold in the 1990s prompted the shift in Paso Yobai.
  • The expansion of gold mining, with over 300 excavations, many illegal, threatens yerba mate production.
  • Vidal Britez said miners have destroyed the canals, springs, and swamps, polluting water.
  • The gold rush risks environmental damage and disrupts the traditional yerba mate industry.
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Paraguay gold rush leaves tea producers bitter

In a small town in Paraguay, a showdown is brewing between traditional producers of yerba mate, a bitter herbal tea popular across South America, and miners of a shinier treasure: gold.

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KHQ Right Now broke the news in Spokane, United States on Thursday, April 3, 2025.
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