(In addition to the Chilean president, Sebastián Piñera, Evo Morales came to welcome the one Bolivian miner.)

A good illustration of the latter can be found in Domitila Barrios de Chungara's account of the daily lives of a Bolivian miner and his family.

The Bolivian miners performed the classic vanguard role when they participated in the Bolivian revolution and became a significant partner in the revolutionary party that took control.

Bolivian miners await the arrival of President Evo Morales at a ceremony in El Alto.

He has, however, blown his big photo opportunity because he missed the rescue of Carlos Mamani, the only Bolivian miner among the 33.

When he goes back to Bolivia, he will take the Bolivian miner, Carlos Mamani, with him.

Bolivian miners marched on La Paz to protest and, when the government refused to meet them, 29 miners had themselves 'crucified' for 24 hours at the university.

Bolivian miners played a critical part to the country's organized labor movement from the 1940s to the 1980s.

Bolivian President Evo Morales was also scheduled to be there but did not arrive in time to see the rescue of the trapped Bolivian miner, Carlos Mamani.

Bolivian miners reject foreign investors (BBC News, 2002)