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From the people of the USA, President

Kennedy welcomes a friend from

South America. The year was 1961. It is

a pleasure for the North American nation

to have as its guest the President of

Bolivia, Dr. Víctor Paz Estenssoro. The

USA had decreed

monetary stabilization for Bolivia, the famous

Triangular Plan, the strangle plan. Rather,

now they are voting off the workers, they have

frozen wages, there is no

freedom to unionize. Life

in the mining camps was getting

worse and worse. The government's starvation policy

hit the workers and

especially their wives and

families. I can't afford food,

our babies are hungry,

what are we going to do?

Domitila, the rebellion of the Bolivian miners,

many women miners,

and tomorrow, Moscoso and guitarists, and I am your

mother,

from the struggles of the subway,

chapter 4, a dangerous bottle.

[Music]

At the second congress of the

Bolivian Workers' Central, the

miners demanded better wages and that

the prices of rice,

meat, sugar, and bread be frozen in the

company stores. The MMR government has already

sold out to the gringos, turning a deaf ear

to our demands.

Listen, comrades, the company has been

keeping our husbands for three months now. There are no

supplies, no medicine.

The leaders say they will march on foot

to La Mata to protest,

but the government found out. The

army arrested Ireneo Pimentel and

Federico Escobar and deported them to

Puerto Villarroel in the east.

[Music]

We have to support them. Tomorrow I'm going to

Las Manzanas de Cener. I'm going to

travel too. I'm not staying behind. Listen,

comrades, listen. It was Comrade

Norberta. And what if instead of each of us going our own way,

we all unite? And in groups,

we decided to go to La Paz, but organized.

And they arrived at the parliament where

the mining problem was being discussed. It was

August and the cold was atrocious. There were

people there, women

bought off by the government, who

insulted them, threw tomatoes and garbage at them,

and the parliament session was suspended.

And now, comrades, what will we do? Do we

stay here, comrades, and

listen? The truth is, so what happens,

look, send me the romance and

the

devil's saint, they attended, the goods,

evict with their contracts, we have to

hide, they're going to kill us,

brothers, they're coming from outside, out for foreign miners,

wretched miners, out of

here as if they were already crazy, we were

countries and you, what executioners, the Canary Islands

without them wouldn't be, this, what are they doing

with women miners, filth,

this with the city's treasury and the,

please calm down, but bring here, I

have dynamite, a stick of dynamite,

right now we're going to blow them up, we do

n't care about dying, coming to

votes with this life,

bring it, look, through San Román,

look, what's better, if I don't carry dynamite,

we're going to blow you up, more filth,

San Román saw the bundle in the pocket of

Mrs. Cinta and his soldiers first and

then escaped as if dragged

by the devil,

how good that she had brought dynamite,

living in it without sleeping, breathe well, without a

doubt they had believed there is no dynamite,

comrade, who says to dream without giving anything,

mommy in order, what I bring here is the

suckling of my web

and then the mom of coming so that it doesn't

In their sights, to see,

and that group of women, about 40 of them,

declared a hunger strike demanding

freedom for the imprisoned leaders. They

went into the factory workers' hall and

nobody moved them, and they became so stubborn

that the government had to give in and accept

their demands. They told me because

I wasn't there yet. The one who

acted the most was comrade Norberta de

Aguilar, also Vilma de Garra and Helena Vidal,

Galicia de Escobar, María Careaga,

Eugenia de Hurtado.

[Music]

Jerome a Jardín, I also remember

Norma Arancibia, Julia Cruz, Sin Da de

Sancti, you're the one with the baby bottle. There are

many, many, I can't name them all.

[Music]

And comrades, they're coming, they're releasing them.

After several days of strike,

the "macho moreno," as they called

Federico Escobar, and Ireneo Pimentel arrived with

the other imprisoned comrades. They returned

from Oriente.

[Music]

You look very happy. The

next day the women gathered

their things and hired some transportation

to return to the 20th century, first let

our leaders come up, if it's you, no, no, no, no, no, don't

come with us, if we're not going

back with you. What?

How is that? Here we have many

commitments to complete, a list of

demands, many things to deliver to the

ministry, so you just live

without comrades.

Obama, are you going to tell us this? Well, after

we've been

here in La Paz with you for so many days, and God knows

what else. We're still going to suffer at

home with our husbands and partners,

but you know, well, if you don't come

with us, neither are we going back. We'll go further,

but understand, comrades, we

thank you very much for what you've done, but

now we have to continue the struggle, and

our struggle is here in La Paz. Doña

Cinda, the one with the baby bottle, had the idea.

You know what? Listen, listen, hot off the

top of the hill, like any lie, we'll put you in the van. Once inside, we're not going to let any of you out. Yes, good idea. Good, comrade Federico, comrade Irene. Well, at least accompany us to the top of the house. Do

n't you want to toast with the eight of

us, to make visits? We'll leave, and

you stay

with those. Words conquered the

leaders, they entered the vehicle and

the beers started,

I'm very happy

[Music]

and upon reaching the stop, and now what do we do

to prevent him from leaving? What do we do? Come here,

Doña María, you go,

then your compadre Federico will

obey you, and sit here on the steps and we wo

n't get up. Two of us here at the

head, I'll follow you, and Norberta sits down there, we wo

n't give him any space to leave.

Well, compañeras,

we have fulfilled our duty, accompanying you here.

So, now, good luck,

compañero.

You come with us for a moment, we're

going to have you sent for

us. What's wrong with you? What do you think you are?

We came to fight

and we went on a hunger strike to

return with you. So you're going to come back with us, like,

with some compañeros, right?

And our work as

leaders with Federico, you, Irene,

are very mistaken, to come with

us, whether you like it or not. Well, only

once, in the 20th century, you can return in

the same vehicle

with us, and that's all there is to it.

Protesting in seven

Escobar and Pimentel returned to their

seats, but quite disgruntled.

[Music]

Arriving in Machacamarca, they were awaited

by bands in Huanuni and Qatar, and the same with

more bands. When they arrived at the

grass roadblock, the great party, music, a

mix of people, a lot of people waiting, like in a

demonstration. They carried the

leaders on their shoulders and thus they have

taken them to the miner's plaza.

Comrades, you were right to

make us come. Now I feel more

proud because I know I have support. I know I have

many people behind me, to the side,

and in front too, with Federico,

because this struggle is in a group. Don't forget

to come.

[Music]

The next day, the people prepared a

feast for the leaders. The company

paid the workers and filled the company store

with food.

[Music]

Listen, comrades, what if we

organize ourselves in a Zidane front? Let's do that. Well, let's do it.

They elected a

board and called themselves the Housewives Committee. It was

June 21, 1961,

and in the first demonstration upon returning from

La Paz,

the women went up. To the

union balcony to speak,

the miners weren't used to

hearing a woman next to them.

They sent someone to attend to them, and they never want to

leave them with the leaders. Surely they won't last

minutes, days. Oh, I

saw them crying with rage at the

mockery of the men, only the men. Domitila, no, comrade María del Carmen,

also some women who still did

n't understand, but they weren't discouraged. No, no, no, they

were rebellious and

brave women, women of struggle, as

my father wanted, as I would later be.

Domitila, a production of the

Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, radiates passionate lists

of the struggles

of the people of the USA. President

Kennedy welcomes a friend from

South America. The year was 1961. It is

a pleasure for the North American nation to

have as its guest the President of

Bolivia,

Dr. Víctor Paz Estenssoro. The USA

had decreed

monetary stabilization for Bolivia, the famous

triangular plan, the strangulation plan, rather,

now they are firing the workers, they have

frozen wages, there is no

freedom to unionize, life in the

Mining camps were getting

worse and worse; the government's starvation policies were

hitting the workers hard,

especially their wives and

families. "I can't afford food,

our babies are hungry,

what are we going to do,

Domitila?" The rebellion of the Bolivian miners,

many liberal women.

[Music]

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guitarist and your mother

in the struggles of Almendras,

chapter 4, a dangerous bottle.

[Music]

At the second congress of the

Bolivian Workers' Central, the

miners demanded better wages and a

freeze on the prices of rice,

meat, sugar, and bread in the company

stores. The MMR government has already

sold out to the gringos; it turned a deaf ear

to the demands. You'll

see, comrades, the company has already

kept our husbands for three months; there are no

provisions, no medicines, and

listen, the leaders say their name is

Adam. On foot to the mine, he exploded

smartphones,

but the government found out. The

army arrested Ireneo Pimentel and

Federico Escobar and deported them to the

east, to Puerto Villarroel.

[Music]

We have to support tomorrow, I'm going to

La Paz to defend it. I'm also going to

travel, I'm not staying to watch. Listen,

comrades, listen, comrade

Norberta is coming. And if instead of going each on our own,

we all unite, well, and in groups,

they decided to go to La Paz, but

organized, and they arrived at the

parliament where the mining problem was being discussed. It was

the month of August and the cold

was atrocious. There were

the sticks or the women

bought by the government who

insulted them, threw tomatoes and garbage at them,

and the parliament session was suspended.

And now, comrades, we will complain. We're

staying here, comrades, and you can come and

listen. You can contribute

what's happening. Look well at the romance of the saint, the

devil's mark. That's how heaven comes to

evict us with its counts.