Manfred Armando Antonio Reyes Villa Bacigalupi (born April 19, 1954) is a

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n politician, businessman, and former military officer. He was elected mayor of the city of

Cochabamba Cochabamba ( ay, Quchapampa; qu, Quchapampa) is a city and municipality in central Bolivia in a valley in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and the fourth largest city in Bolivia, with a population of 63 ...

five consecutive times, and became the elected Prefect of the

Department of Cochabamba Cochabamba ( ay, Quchapampa Jach'a Suyu, es, Departamento de Cochabamba , qu, Quchapampa Suyu), from Quechua ''qucha'' or ''qhucha'', meaning "lake", ''pampa'' meaning "plain", is one of the nine departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the ...

from 2006 until 2008 when he was recalled in that year's no confidence referendum. He was an unsuccessful candidate for president in both

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and

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, being the second runner in the latter. In 2009, he fled to the United States via Peru to avoid political persecution from the government of Morales, living in Miami for nearly 10 years. Reyes Villa successfully ran for mayor of Cochabamba once again in the

2021 Bolivian regional elections The 2021 Bolivian regional elections were held on 7 March 2021. Departmental and municipal authorities were elected by an electorate of approximately 7 million people. This was the third regional election under the 2009 constitution. It was postp ...

, winning with 55% of the vote.

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