The town that rebelled against the crypto farm that kept it awake for six months

The first time Irene Brizuela heard the buzzing that was to become unending, she thought it was a beehive. To her, it was a noise, but to her five-year-old nonverbal son on the autism spectrum, it was the beginning of a crisis. “He began to cry and shake. We had to close the door to his room so that he wouldn’t hear it,” she says, remembering that late night in June 2024. It was to become their daily routine for the next six months.

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Research:

Josué Congo 

Editing:

Romina Cáceres Morales

Photography:

 Elisa Marecos Saldívar and Sandino Flecha 

EL PAÍS coordination:

Lorena Arroyo Valles

Video:

Milena Coral 

EL PAÍS documentation:

 Caio Ruvenal (Bolivia) and Javier Lorca (Argentina)

Visual editing:

Jazmín Troche and Alejandro Valdez Sanabria

Design and illustration:

 Naoko Okamoto and Robert Báez

Fixer:

Pablo Gastón Ortiz