Jenaro Flores Santos

He also played a prominent role in formulating katarismo as a distinct trend in the social and political struggles in Bolivia.

[2] Flores Santos was born in Antipampa, Collana Municipality, Aroma Province, La Paz Department, and did his military service in the Waldo Ballivián Regiment in 1965.

During his military service he witnessed the suppression of the popular militias (created after the 1952 revolution), an event that impacted his political orientation.

[3] From 1968, Flores Santos emerged as the leader of the La Paz-based Aymara nucleus of peasant activists that sought to challenge the Military-Peasant Pact.

During the military government of García Meza, he served as the clandestine executive secretary of the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB).