Word: ecuador
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...while lecturing at the University of Chile that he made the acquaintance of the present President of Ecuador, then a senior member of the same faculty...
Almost as soon as he learned of his success, Bromsen received a personal invitation from his old friend, Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra, President of Ecuador, to be a guest at the royal palace as soon as he arrives, sometime in October...
...Ecuador elected a Constituent Assembly and swung right. Socialists and Liberals boycotted the election, but the Conservatives would probably have won anyway. The new constitution was expected to back clerical schooling and keep the Indian in his semifeudal place, but not to sacrifice recent social and economic gains by city workers. The assembly would also choose the next Ecuadorean President. It was an even-money bet that they would not re-elect the erratic incumbent, Dr. José Maria Velasco Ibarra...
...Before the South Seymour Island Service Club, the U.S. garrison faced the Ecuadorean sailors. Galápagos goats idled nearby. Then the bugler blew retreat and the U.S. flag came down on Ecuadorean soil. But the U.S. abandonment of its Galápagos outpost was more protocol than reality. Ecuador is broke. Until the Government can face either the political risks of an outright lease to the U.S. or afford to keep the bases in repair, some 100 U.S. "technicians" would stay around to help...
America's best hope at Wimbledon had failed, but a little-known fellow Californian-23-year-old Tom Brown of San Francisco-still had a chance. He upset Ecuador's flashy Pancho Segura last week, now had to get past (among others) Czechoslovakia's sizzling Jaroslav Drobny and France's veteran, 6 ft. 7 in. Yvon Petra to win. The U.S. women, led by Pauline Betz and Margaret Osborne, were still going strong...