Rubén Callisaya

Donato Rubén Callisaya Mayta (born 24 May 1961) is a Bolivian politician and trade unionist who served as a party-list member of the Chamber of Deputies from La Paz from 2010 to 2015.

Callisaya was born in Coripata, a predominantly agricultural settlement dedicated to coca cultivation, and moved to the capital to attend secondary school.

He moved to La Paz to pursue secondary education, attending the Gualberto Villarroel School – an institute noted for catering to the country's rural migrant youth.

[9] He was dismissed after the enterprise was privatized [es] during the administration of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada[6] – one of hundreds of workers who lost employment as the company was gutted by foreign consortiums.

[5] He joined the 1 May Departmental Federation of Drivers of La Paz shortly thereafter and gained a foothold in union politics as the organization's secretary of conflicts from 1999 to 2002.

[19] Callisaya served the length of his term on the Industry, Commerce, Transport, and Tourism Committee and was leader of the MAS delegation in La Paz Department from 2012 to 2013.

[20] At the same time, Callisaya's term was rocked by scandal over his ties to the "Narco-Lebanese" Georges Chafic, a Lebanon-born dual national caught smuggling some 390 kilograms (860 lb) of cocaine.