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Deficiency. In Phoenix, Ariz., Mrs. Bernado Arroyo decided to kill herself, swallowed some pills, was rushed to the hospital, had her stomach pumped, learned she had taken vitamin tablets...
Under the fist of her dictatorial Government, Ecuador seethed. Suave, power-loving President Carlos Arroyo del Rio had decreed a national election on June 2-3. But everyone in the little Andean republic expected it to be a fraud. The Government had carefully exiled, outlawed or imprisoned the leaders of the opposing Democratic Front. It had strengthened its Carabinero (police) garrisons in the chief cities. By hook or crook it intended...
...Dictator Arroyo del Rio resigned, sought refuge in the Colombian Embassy. A provisional junta promptly invited Velasco Ibarra to take over. The exile promptly accepted, rode into Quito in a Lend-Lease jeep. With vivas and flowers, 50,000 Quitenos welcomed their new President. On a balcony overlooking Independence Square, Velasco Ibarra proclaimed...
...Ecuador's June election will be tallish, baldish Dr. Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra, leader of the newly organized coalition Alianza Democratica (Democratic Alliance). A none-too-successful President (1934-35), he has wide support among the lower classes, students, others who do not like President Carlos A. Arroyo...
President Arroyo del Rio was taking no chances. Three times within the last eight years Ibarra had been involved in revolutionary uprisings. Once in 1940, when Arroyo del Rio was winning the elections, Ibarra staged a coup which almost succeeded. In 1935 the Army toppled Velasco on charges of dictatorship, but this did not hurt the ex-President's popularity with many Ecuadorians. Last week a group of sailors in the Island of Puna staged a revolt in his name which was put down by force of arms...