Us political issue that occurred in the late 19th century after large silver reserves

Free silver is one of the major economic policy started in the late 19th century.

Explanation:

The main objective of free silver movement leads to acceptance of mints and this will lead to the process of silver bullion following a principle that is after processing the silver coin the coins are paid to the depositors . The silver coins' monetary value dependent on government fiat , it did not depend on the commodity value of various content and thus leading to silver strikes and thus the price of the silver fell.

Many organisations wanted inflationary monetary  policies that would help debtors to pay their debts at a cheaper rate as well as with dollars that was readily available and those suffered due to  this policy were the creditors, they were mainly the landlords and  the banks.

the andes or andean mountains (spanish: cordillera de los andes) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of south america. this range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 to 700 km (120 to 430 mi) wide (widest between 18° south and 20° south latitude), and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft). the andes extend from north to south through seven south american countries: venezuela, colombia, ecuador, peru, bolivia, chile and argentina.

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if you are talking about current time the answer is no

if you are talking about when the colonies were developing the answer is yes