Siglo XX

- 18.416666666667 - 66.633333333333Koordinaten: 18 ° 25 '0 "S, 66 ° 38 ' 0 " W

Siglo XX (Spanish for the 20th century ) is the name of the famous Bolivian tin mine. It lies on the edge of town in the province of Llallagua Rafael Bustillo in the department of Potosí. It was repeatedly the scene of labor disputes and many of the miners were active members of the Bolivian miners' union Federación de Trabajadores Mineros de Bolivia Sindical ( FSTMB ). The pit Siglo XX, together with the Zinnhütte Catavi a contiguous mining and processing complex. The miners live since its inception in the mining town of Siglo XX.

History

The mine was acquired I. Patiño in the 1910s by " Zinnkönig " Simón.

As part of the Bolivian National Revolution of 1952, Víctor Paz Estenssoro, the mine was nationalized after the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR ) had driven the existing military junta. Siglo XX and other mines were placed under the control of the new state agency Corporación Minera de Bolivia ( COMIBOL ) and the Catavi - Siglo XX - complex formed within the COMIBOL the largest unit.

Massacre of 1967

On Midsummer Day, 24 June 1967, the Bolivian army attacked a built on the mine site mining camp. There were about 100 dead.

Closure

In 1987 Siglo XX was shut down. This was a consequence of an economic structure agreement with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.