https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/ab76cff9-7d89-43f2-a128-2019096e15fd Jorge would like to be a lawyer but has no choice other than to work all day until his back hurts. Alex works in the mine because he has nothing to eat. He does not tell his mother about his work because it makes her cry. These 13-year-old boys sneak into mines that adults find too dangerous or too unproductive to be worth the back-breaking labour it entails. Digging for the small amounts of tin left in the exhausted mountains of the Andes, the boys have to work in silence in case the rocks fall on them. If there is an accident the managers at the mine don’t want to take responsibility for it. We found children too young to work mining for tin in Bolivia and trade union managers turning a blind eye to help the children’s families make ends meet. But the dangerous conditions, which often result in illness and accidents, condemn these kids to short lives of back-breaking labour. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:05:22 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/ab76cff9-7d89-43f2-a128-2019096e15fd All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.