The governor of one of Bolivia’s epicenters of protest, Cochabamba’s Manfred Reyes Villa, is currently in the United States on a tour of the United States, telling his version of the events that rocked his state this month, and left thousands of left-wing demonstrators calling for his resignation. Reyes has twice pushed for autonomy for his department, in bids to preference the middle class over President Evo Morales’ reforms to improve conditions for the poor. Juliette Beck has more.