g. Ecuador. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History

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g. Ecuador


1946, Aug. 11

PRES. JOSÉ VELASCO IBARRA (1893–1979) was reelected by the assembly.	1

1947, Aug. 23

Col. Mancheno, in a successful revolt, ousted Pres. Velasco Ibarra, only to be overthrown himself on Sept. 3 by a Conservative counterrevolution. Carlos Arosemena became acting president.	2

1948, June 6

In the first popular elections since 1940, Galo Plaza Lasso was elected president.	3

1949, Aug. 5

An earthquake in central Ecuador killed more than 4,000 people.	4

1952, June 1

Voters gave the Liberal candidate, Velasco Ibarra, an upset victory over the Conservative candidate in the presidential vote.	5

1961, Nov. 6–9

The government resigned as a result of riots and military unrest. Carlos Arosemena was installed as president.	6

1963, July 11–12

A military junta, headed by Capt. Ramón Castro Jijón, overthrew the government, outlawed the Communist Party, and promised to wipe out pro-Castro guerrilla bands.	7

1966, March 29

The military junta was overthrown and a civilian government established under Clemente Yerovi Indaburu.	8

Oct. 16

A constituent assembly named Otto Arosemena Gómez as president pro tem.	9


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