Miguel Alandia, the Muralist of the Workers Whose Work Was Protected by Miners During the Bolivian Military Dictatorship

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It was the year 1965. The military regimes took over Latin America and Bolivia was no exception. General René Barrientos ordered, as one of the first measures of his de facto government, the seizure of the mining camps, where the greatest militant force of the left-wing parties was located. One of the most important was the Milluni center, in the highlands of La Paz, because it housed the radio and communication hub for mobilizations The voice o…