MISIONEROS-PATRONES E INDÍGENAS-SIRINGUEROS: EL CAUCHO ENTRE LOS CHACOBOS DEL BENI (SIGLO XX)

International audienceAbstract: The paper discusses the paradoxes in the continuity between theCatholic missionary critique to the recruitment of indigenous populations inthe ‘rubber boom’ in Bolivian Amazonia (during the end of 19th century and beginningsof 20th century), and the more complicated link established betweenthe Chacobo (Panoan) and the Summer Institute of Linguistic missionaries, whosince 1955 to 1980 explicitly encouraged them to be involved in the rubber industryand the regional market.Resumen: El artículo describe la continuidad paradójica entre la crítica de los misioneros católicos a la captación de mano de obra indígena durante el llama-do «boom cauchero» en la Amazonía boliviana, a fi nes del siglo XIX y comienzos del XX, y la relación más compleja que establecieron posteriormente los misione-ros protestantes del Instituto Lingüístico de Verano con los chacobos (pano), desde 1955 hasta 1980, incentivando activamente a los indígenas a trabajar en la industria cauchera e integrarse en la economía regional. Abstract: The paper discusses the paradoxes in the continuity between the Catholic missionary critique to the recruitment of indigenous populations in the 'rubber boom' in Bolivian Amazonia (during the end of 19 th century and beginnings of 20 th century), and the more complicated link established between the Chacobo (Panoan) and the Summer Institute of Linguistic missionaries, who since 1955 to 1980 explicitly encouraged them to be involved in the rubber industry and the regional market