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Today she is watching an engine pump fresh water from beneath the mostly dry Tilopozo meadow. \u201cNow mining companies are taking the water,\u201d she says, pointing to dead grass around stone ruins that once provided a nighttime refuge for shepherds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The oases that once interrupted the dusty slopes of the Atacama desert in northern Chile allowed humans and animals to survive for thousands of years in the world\u2019s driest climate. 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