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Between 1986 and 1992, the Bolivian government fired more than 90,000 public workers, including upwards of 30,000 miners.As most mining centers were isolated in pockets of the country's vast and desolate highlands, the majority of the miners had no choice but to leave their homes in search of employment elsewhere.The ensuing "Relocalization," as the government termed this population transfer, had profound consequences for the mineworkers and their families, as well as for the country as a whole.The influx of miners into Bolivia's cities and coca-growing regions contributed to a transformation in patterns of settlement, economic activity, labor relations, and community organization that continues to unfold today.The migration of miners signaled a new era in Bolivia's history.The dismantling of the state-owned mining corporation and near demise of the Miners' union were consequences of a larger process of privatization of the country's state-run enterprises and erosion of labor rights us
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Between 1986 and 1992, the Bolivian government fired more than 90,000 public workers, including upwards of 30,000 miners.As most mining centers were isolated in pockets of the country's vast and desolate highlands, the majority of the miners had no choice but to leave their homes in search of employment elsewhere.The ensuing "Relocalization," as the government termed this population transfer, had profound consequences for the mineworkers and their families, as well as for the country as a whole.The influx of miners into Bolivia's cities and coca-growing regions contributed to a transformation in patterns of settlement, economic activity, labor relations, and community organization that continues to unfold today.The migration of miners signaled a new era in Bolivia's history.The dismantling of the state-owned mining corporation and near demise of the Miners' union were consequences of a larger process of privatization of the country's state-run enterprises and erosion of labor rights us
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