Word: ecuadorians
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...been some time since Latin America played host to a coup d'?tat. In fact, when Ecuadorian president Jamil Mahuad was ousted Friday, it was the first military coup in the region in more than a decade. And the early signs are that it was good timing. Ecuador, which has been plagued by economic and social unrest, and where medical services have been virtually nonexistent for the past three months, seemed calm in the days following the ascension of Vice President Gustavo Noboa Bejarano to the presidency - the country's fourth leader in six years...
...anything to help itself," says McGirk. "The new president will have such a hard time raising money to alleviate the social unrest that it seems as though he'll be constantly looking at his watch." Indeed, while Noboa will have a period of goodwill to restore fiscal order, the Ecuadorian people have shown the limits of their patience...