Carlos Huallpa

Carlos Huallpa was born in 1976 in Potosí. He was raised in a family of five children and was the son of a miner working at the Cerro Rico.^[3] In 1995, Huallpa served mandatory military service in the Bolivian Air Force in Tarija.^[3] After this, he returned to Potosí and worked as a miner, finishing high school in 2002, and later becoming a mining leader of the Departmental Federation of Mining Cooperatives of Potosí.^[4]

During the 2019 Bolivian political crisis, Huallpa organized a march from Potosí to La Paz to demand the resignation of President Evo Morales.^[5] A demand achieved on 10 November.

On 18 November 2019, interim President Jeanine Áñez appointed Huallpa Minister of Mining and Metallurgy.^[5] He remained in the position until 8 May 2020 when he resigned ostensibly due to health issues and personal problems.^[6] However, on 5 October Huallpa claimed in an interview that he was made to resign and that he had received pressure to appoint positions in state mining institutions.^[7]