where the Guarani people have cultivated the tree that produces the leaves for centuries, including in Paso Yobai. But when an Ecuadoran miner discovered gold nuggets in a stream there in the ...

They also complain of environmental damage from the mercury used to extract gold, and the arsenic released in the process. The place "is the cradle of yerba mate," Britez said indignantly, showing AFP ...

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. A rush for the ...

removed by British officer Joseph Taylor in 1810 and replaced with a gold-plated copper version. Subsequent replacements in 1876 and 1940 have used various materials. The monument's central dome ...