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Antenor Patino
Antenor Patino was a Bolivian tycoon, heir to Simon I. Patino, called "the King of Tin".
He married Maria Cristina de Borbon y Bosch-Labrus (1913-2002), Duchess of Durcal, a relative of Spanish monarch Alfonso XIII. The couple had two daughters, Cristina and Maria Isabel. The latter had a short and tragic marriage with James Goldsmith.
In 1947, he made a successful effort to rid his company of organized labor.
The Bolivian Revolution of 1952 nationalised the Patino Mines and it is claimed that his heir Antenor Patino had his hand in the military coup that deposed the leader of the ...
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