Para petani coca, yang mendukung presiden Evo Morales dan program refomasinya, menuntut pengunduran diri gubernur kawasan Cochabamba Manred Reyes karena mengusulkan suatu referendum mengenai pemerintahan otonomi.
The coca farmers, all supporters of leftist President Evo Morales and his controversial reform program, were calling for the resignation of the Cochabamba region's governor, Manfred Reyes, for proposing a referendum on state autonomy to counter the central government's expanding authority.