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La sombra de El Dorado | Episodio especial en español
En el municipio minero de Segovia, en Colombia, confluyen grupos armados, mafias, élites corruptas y empresas multinacionales en busca de oro, mientras los habitantes luchan por sobrevivir. Pero ¿qué…
S1E8 EXTRA: He Met a Pilgrim Shadow
Two weeks ago, we published what was supposed to be the final episode of The Shadow of El Dorado, our podcast series exploring the story of Segovia, a small mining town in Colombia tainted by blood…
S1E7 07. War Stories
Tensions between informal miners and the Canadian multinational that is the legal owner of the town’s gold have been building ever since we first arrived in Segovia. And now that conflict is reaching…
S1E6 06. The Strike
The StrikeTensions between informal miners and the Canadian multinational that is the legal owner of the town’s gold have been building ever since we first arrived in Segovia. And now that conflict…
S1E5 05. Venom
Segovia goes into lockdown when a new gold war begins as Colombia’s broader conflict enters a new chapter. But is this an existential battle between legal and illegal, or is that just wartime…
S1E4 04. Meet the New Boss
Global capitalism marches into town, pledging to save Segovia from itself. But what – or who – lies behind the promises of a new era of stability and prosperity for all? ___This series is the product…
S1E3 03. Them
The Frontino story leads us right back to them – the paramilitary groups that have lurked in the shadows of Segovia for generations – and our definition of blood gold begins to expand as the line…
S1E2 02. The Frontino Men
Our blood gold investigation takes an unexpected turn as we dive into the story of Frontino Gold Mines, a decades-old mystery that could hold the key to understanding how Segovia became the mafia…
S1E1 01. Blood Gold
Our search for Colombia’s blood gold takes us to Segovia and the illegal mines at the very beginning of the global supply chain. But what we find there is a strange mirror world, where conventional…
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The Shadow Of El Dorado has published 9 episodes since September 2025, covering topics in Documentary, Society & Culture.
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