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mining

Former Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO Rex Tillerson was an outspoken critic of the rule designed to prevent bribery.

In a victory for the oil industry, Congress makes it easier to pay bribes for drilling rights

Economics

Oil and mining industries stand to gain as the US backs out of a rule to prevent overseas oil bribery.

Each Friday, miners at the Cerro Rico mine worship at shrines of "El Tio," the spirit who they also call th "Devil God of the Mountain."

Go inside ‘the mountain that eats men’ in Bolivia

Global Politics
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