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...light plane-and naturally, there was only one pilot for the job. Grinning broadly,. Air, Force General René Barrientos, 46, the more equal of Bolivia's two co-Presidents, strapped himself into the pilot's seat and roared off into the blue. After buzzing over La Paz, Barrientos flitted for about 30 minutes around the jagged 21,325-ft. peak of nearby Mount Illimani, then pushed the shuddering plane to 21,425 ft., setting a new altitude mark for that type of aircraft...
...face of it, the ceremony last week seemed to indicate that Rene Barrientos was no longer the No. 1 man in Bolivia. Army Chief Ovando has been pressuring Barrientos to share power ever since the November coup that toppled President Victor Paz Estenssoro. But things are not always what they seem in Bolivia's dizzying Andean atmosphere. After a week of bloody revolt and political confusion, there were at least as many reasons to believe that the promotion was largely a Barrientos maneuver designed to remove his rival from active command and prepare the Bolivian army for a final...
Before long, fighting flared in half a dozen areas around the country. Red-led factory workers poured out of the industrial district north of La Paz, blew up a railroad bridge, and cut the only road connecting the city to its airport. Ovando rushed 3,000 troops to the area, and two air force F-51s snarled down to strafe sniper roosts. The factory workers refused to surrender, and as the dead and wounded were carried back to La Paz, Ovando seemed to lose his nerve, retiring to his bed and announcing that he was sick. Next...
Another Round to So. At week's end sniper fire again echoed through La Paz. The death toll was close to 100 in the five days of fighting, and the junta was threatening an all-out offensive against the mines unless the unions agree to abide by Barrientos' reforms. "We are going to solve the mine problem," said Barrientos, "even if the methods cannot be popular. Sending armed forces into communities in Bolivia is nothing extraordinary. The military is the legal instrument of the government...
...Down with the Boot." Predictably, Lechin's Bolivian Labor Confederation called a general strike that shut down the railroads, factories, textile mills and tin mines. In La Paz itself, 4,000 factory workers shouting, "Down with the military boot!" sacked and burned the office of the military's domestic airline before police rifle fire dispersed the mob, killing one rioter and wounding 19. The demonstrations went on for six days. Then the workers started trickling back to work, leaving only the miners still storming around...