Word: catavi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hostages had been held at a miners' union center in Catavi in retaliation for the government's arrest of two leftist union leaders...
...view of the miners' propensity for violence, a lot of Bolivians expected trouble when, on Aug. 1, the government-owned tin corporation, Comibol, put into effect an announced plan to cut the work force at the Catavi tin mines by 30%, effective Sept. 1. Members of the Red-riddled Miners Union muttered threats of violence and a nationwide general strike. But by last week's end, to the nation's surprise and relief, no serious trouble had erupted...
Point of Definition. Catavi, the country's largest single tin-mine complex, seemed a good place to start. It accounted for 30% of Comibol's operating losses, and half of its 7,000 employees were superfluous. "Be firm, don't weaken," Paz Estenssoro said to Comibol's President Guillermo Bedregal...