Federación de Sindicatos de Trabajadores Mineros de Bolivia Archives

Period (1941-) 1946-1993
Total size  1532 microfiches
Consultation Not restricted

History

Trade union federation of Bolivian mine workers, founded in Huanuni in 1944; Juan Lechín was elected its leader and retained this position until 1986 when he was succeeded by Victor López Arias; the FSTMB established itself as the backbone of the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) and the most powerful and militant Bolivian union.

Content

Correspondence, notes, circulars, resolutions, reports 1959-1993; files relating to congresses on various mines 1951-1988 and other congresses 1957-1962, 1984-1986; documents on relations with other organizations, including the Universidad Nacional Siglo XX, Confederación Universitaria Boliviana, Asamblea Permanente de Derechos Humanos, COB, Control Obrera, Fundo Complementario Minero de Seguridad Social and many others 1955-1959, 1980-1988; files on Domitila Barrios de Chungara 1960-1987, Aurelio Felix Borda 1946-1987 and Irineo Pimentel Rojas 1941-1954; proceedings and a few other documents of the Corporación Minera de Bolivia (COMIBOL) 1980-1991; file on the Consejo Central Sud de Trabajadores Mineros 1949-1988; file on the Sindicato de Trabajadores Pulacayo 1944-1988; documents relating to the resistance against Hugo Banzer Suarez and Luis García Meza 1974-1981; financial papers and other documents on mining societies 1976-1987; copies of Semanario Aqui 1979-1992; clippings and some documentation of the COMIBOL 1983-1988 and the FSTMB 1948-1987.

NB. Originals at Sistema de Documentación e Información Sindical (SIDIS), La Paz, Bolivia.

Location of originals

Originals at SIDIS (?), La Paz, Bolivia