- Antenor Patiño
Antenor Patiño (*
Oruro Bolivia , 12 October 1896 - †New York U.S.A., 2 February 1982) was aBolivia n tycoon, heir to Simón I. Patiño, called "the King of Tin".He married María Cristina de Borbón y Bosch-Labrus (1913-2002), Duchess of Dúrcal, a relative of Spanish monarch
Alfonso XIII . The couple had two daughters: Maria Cristina who married Marc Charles Louis Joseph Marie, 7th Prince of Beauvau-Craon and María Isabel who had a short and tragic marriage with SirJames Goldsmith . In 1947, he made a successful effort to rid his company of organized labor.The Bolivian Revolution of 1952 nationalised the "Patiño Mines" and it is claimed that his heir
Antenor Patiño had his hand in themilitary coup that deposed the leader of the revolution, then PresidentVictor Paz Estenssoro , in the 1960s.With his fortune, amongst other things, he developed tourist destinations like
Las Hadas , in Manzanillo,Mexico , (where the movie "10" starring actressBo Derek was filmed) andLas Alamandas inJalisco state, also in Mexico.External links
* [http://www.lafogata.org/heinz/heinz_bol.htm El Virrey de Bolivia]
* [http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,798151,00.html King Tin]
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