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17-674: In 1985, Jenaro Flores Santos split from the Túpac Katari Revolutionary Movement and founded the Túpac Katari Revolutionary Liberation Movement. It took part in 1985 elections, running Jenaro Flores Santos . He polled 2.11 per cent of the vote. Within a year of its formation, divisions emerged within the MRTKL between Jenaro Flores Santos , on the one hand, and Víctor Hugo Cárdenas and Walter Reynaga Vásquez ,

34-525: A better chance of winning. This article about a Bolivian political party is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jenaro Flores Santos Jenaro Flores Santos (September 19, 1942 – August 25, 2019) often Genaro Flores Santos , was a Bolivian trade union leader and politician . Flores Santos was the founder of the Confederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Bolivia, or CSUTCB . He also played

51-672: A prominent role in formulating katarismo as a distinct trend in the social and political struggles in Bolivia. Flores Santos was born in Antipampa , Collana Municipality , Aroma Province , La Paz Department , and did his military service in the Waldo Ballivián Regiment in 1965. During his military service he witnessed the suppression of the popular militias (created after the 1952 revolution), an event that impacted his political orientation. Later he began studies at

68-738: Is led by a National Executive Committee, which is regularly elected in Ordinary Congresses of the organization, which are held every few years. The leading figure is the Executive Secretary, followed by the General Secretary. Other members of the National Executive Committee are also named secretaries, each with a designated area of responsibility. Leadership rank within the National Executive Committee has long been allocated by assessing

85-466: The 2000 Cochabamba protests . In 2010 it led a brief national march that led to pension reform and in April 2011, it organized a twelve-day general strike for higher wages. The COB represents about two million Bolivian workers, bringing together workers from various branches of industry and public services as well as consultation with many peasants' and indigenous leaders, such as Felipe Quispe . The COB

102-777: The COB is Juan Carlos Huarachi, a miners' union leader in Huanuni, Oruro, who was elected at the XVII National Congress, held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in February 2018. Prior executive secretaries include: While the National Executive Committee represents the COB, its powers are subordinate to National Congresses (Ordinary and Extraordinary gatherings of member unions) and to National Ampliados (smaller gatherings of union representatives). The unions that are part of

119-425: The COB leadership by surprise, and only Flores Santos, who had left a COB leadership meeting to make a telephone call, had escaped arrest. This was the first time a peasant leader was in charge of COB. His tenure as COB leader ended after being shot by a military patrol on June 18, 1981, after which he was paralyzed. In the 1980s, the katarista movement was divided into two political parties. Flores Santos became

136-860: The Faculty of Law at the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés . There he founded, along with other students from his home province, the Julián Apaza University Movement (MUJA). From 1968, Flores Santos emerged as the leader of the La Paz-based Aymara nucleus of peasant activists that sought to challenge the Military-Peasant Pact. In January 1969, Flores Santos became the local head of the trade union in Antipampa, and two months later he became

153-652: The defense of their fundamental rights, for the definite liberation of the exploited, oppressed, marginalized and the Bolivian People" It was founded in 1952 following the national revolution that brought the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement to power. The most important affiliate of the COB was the Union Federation of Bolivian Mine Workers (FSTMB). From 1952 to 1987, the COB was led by the legendary Juan Lechín , who

170-455: The leader of one of them, FULKA . He died August 25, 2019, aged 76. Central Obrera Boliviana The Bolivian Workers' Center ( Spanish : Central Obrera Boliviana , COB ) is the chief trade union federation in Bolivia . It represents groups such as industry workers, miners, peasants and professionals, its main objective is: "achieving the emancipation of workers in Bolivia, in

187-610: The party's two deputies of the National Congress, on the other. In a 1988 party congress, Jenaro Flores Santos walked out with some of his supporters and formed the Katarist United Liberation Front (FULKA). Both parties lost support after the internal bickering became public. Jenaro Flores Santos 's exit still did not achieve unity in the MRTKL: neither Cárdenas nor Reynaga Vásquez would accept

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204-523: The same year. In August 1971, at its sixth congress (organized by the government), Flores Santos was elected executive secretary of the National Farmer-Labourer Confederation of Bolivia ( Confederación Nacional de Trabajadores Campesinos de Bolivia , CNTCB). In 1971 Flores Santos was forced into exile to Chile . He returned the next year to organize underground resistance against the military government. In 1978 he

221-497: The second position in the new party hierarchy. Cárdenas eventually edged out his rival. The MRTKL took part in 1989 elections, running Víctor Hugo Cárdenas . He polled 1.6 per cent of the vote. Although the indigenous candidates attracted large crowds, they found that many campesinos already were committed to the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement , the Revolutionary Left Movement , or other parties that had

238-484: The sector's power and militancy. Since this Fifth Congress, this has been based on: union density (the percentage of workers in the sector who are unionized); degree of emancipation from private property, through nationalization or cooperatives; and history of combativeness, revolutionary tradition, political consciousness, and solidarity with other sectors. In practice, the Executive Secretary has always been from Bolivia's mining sector . The current Executive Secretary of

255-715: The union head for the Aroma province . In June 1969 he became the executive secretary of the La Paz Department Farmer-Labourers Federation (FDTCLP). In connection with his arrival to the FDTCLP leadership, the name " Túpaj Katari " was added the name of the organization. In 1970 Flores Santos took part in agrarian struggles in the La Paz Department , with land seizures. These moves were later legalized through an agrarian reform

272-562: Was also head of the FSTMB. In its heyday it was arguably the strongest independent labour movement in the world. Traditionally a demanding, confrontational organization, the COB has had a difficult relationship with every Bolivian president since the 1950s. More recently, it played a significant role in the series of demonstrations that brought down President Carlos Mesa in 2005. The COB currently supports nationalization of Bolivian natural gas reserves and opposed water privatization during

289-684: Was one of the founders of the Tupaj Katari Revolutionary Movement (MRTK). On June 26, 1979, the CSTUCB was founded with Flores Santos as its founding executive secretary. In November 1979 he led struggles against a new military coup, organizing blockades of highways across the country. During the military government of García Meza, he served as the clandestine executive secretary of the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB). The coup of García Meza had caught

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