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...fourth day of the coup, the military still had not entered Viloco. In part, this reflects the community's strategic location. Unlike the largest mines. Huanuni and Catavi, the winding mountainous road to Viloco is easily protected and the town's location in a ring of hills makes bombing and strafing from the air very difficult. In addition, Viloco is a smaller mine, and according to official statistics has been losing money for many years; Huanuni, on the other hand, was a primary target because it is one of the few profitable nationalized mines...
...Presidents René Barrientos and Alfredo Ovando Candia. Last May the two generals drew up a harsh but workable plan to rehabilitate the mines, then sent troops into action when the miners rebelled. Last week new fighting broke out at the country's most troublesome mine, the Catavi-Siglo Veinte complex, 175 miles southeast...
...chief of the government's Comibol mining enterprise declared that Catavi-Siglo Veinte was being closed "temporarily" because of "extremist agitators." But the next day, Co-Presidents Barrientos and Ovando ordered the mining complex reopened. Troops had already rooted out the troublemakers and packed 300 of them off to government colonization projects in the country's rugged north. Clearly, there was more behind the uprising than a local labor dispute. "Wages are not really important," admitted one union leader. "What we want is the overthrow of the military dictatorship...
...dispatch said the agreement reached Saturday night between La Paz and Lechin had not been well received in some sectors in the catavi-Siglo Veinte mining area...
There was a possibility of a hitch, however. A dispatch from Catavi said the miners were awaiting arrival in Catavi of Lechin, before turing over the hostages...