Jose Felix Patino ~repack~ -

Here is where the story of takes a strange turn. Unlike mining magnates who stay near their source of wealth, Patino grew to hate the harshness of the Bolivian highlands. By the 1920s, he moved his family permanently to Europe, eventually settling in a lavish mansion in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, and later buying the historic Vicomté de Noailles estate.

, which remains a "bible" for many Latin American surgeons and nutritionists. jose felix patino

The legacy of this brutality forced the . One of the first acts of the revolutionary government (MNR) was to march into the Patino mines and nationalize them. The vast Patino mining empire, once the largest in the world, was seized by the state and turned into COMIBOL (the Bolivian Mining Corporation). Here is where the story of takes a strange turn