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Federación Sindical De Trabajadores Mineros De Bolivia
The Syndical Federation of Bolivian Mineworkers (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Federación Sindical de Trabajadores Mineros de Bolivia''; FSTMB) is a trade union, labor union in Bolivia that represents miners. Bolivia's miners are commonly regarded as the country's most Class consciousness, class-conscious workers. The FSTMB has played an important role in Bolivia's recent history. The union emerged in the wake of a violent clash between government troops and striking tin, tin miners in Oruro Department, Oruro and Potosí Department, Potosí in 1942. The FSTMB was founded on June 11, 1944 at a congress held in Huanuni, Oruro. The Huanuni Congress included delegates from 25 local unions, the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR), and the Revolutionary Workers' Party (Bolivia), Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR, a Trotskyism, Trotskyist group). The newly formed union had a membership of 60,000 miners. Juan Lechín Oquendo, Juan Lechín, the leader of the miners' movement and POR m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, warm valleys, high-altitude Andean plateaus, and snow-capped peaks, encompassing a wide range of climates and biomes across its regions and cities. It includes part of the Pantanal, the largest tropical wetland in the world, along its eastern border. It is bordered by Brazil to the Bolivia-Brazil border, north and east, Paraguay to the southeast, Argentina to the Argentina-Bolivia border, south, Chile to the Bolivia–Chile border, southwest, and Peru to the west. The seat of government is La Paz, which contains the executive, legislative, and electoral branches of government, while the constitutional capital is Sucre, the seat of the judiciary. The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Geog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
