La plata: un rayo de luna atrapado bajo tierra. (MÃ©xico, mayor exportador del valioso metal)(TT: Silver: a ray of the moon trapped under the earth) (TA: Mexico, major exporter of the valuable metal)

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MÃ©xico es el primer productor mundial de un metal tan Ãºtil para la industria y de valor tan constante que hoy se propone usarlo para respaldar la moneda en remplazo del dÃ³lar. Pero no viene solo y el arte de extraerlo y refinarlo tiene larga historia.

SegÃºn la leyenda, un dÃa que HernÃ¡n CortÃ©s paseaba por el mercado de Tlatelolco vio a 2 nativos que comerciaban con estaÃ±o. Como necesitaba el metal para producir bronce con el cual fundir caÃ±ones, CortÃ©s averiguÃ³ la procedencia del mineral: un pueblo serrano llamado Tlachco. Tras 2 dÃas de viaje, llegÃ³ a la ...

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