Yesterday was the final campaign event for Manfred Reyes Villa, candidate for the PPB party for president of Bolivia.  It started off with various PPB legislative candidates staked out along the Prado, playing music, dancing, handing out flyers and generally having a good time.  Eventually Manfred came marching down the Prado with plenty of followers in tow.  After looping around the traffic circle at the Plaza del Estudiante the crowd flooded into the Cine 16 de Julio.  The program began with a mariachi band and started off by introducing the legislative candidates before Manfred took the stage.  Candidates can’t campaign less than 72 hours before the election, so that marks his final major event before election day.

Bolivia Election 2009 – Images by Eric Mehl