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...Galo Plaza Lasso decided not to wait any longer to find out whether he was the next President of Ecuador. An old foot ailment had begun acting up again, and his Quito doctors had not been able to make up their minds whether the trouble was rheumatism, arthritis or an allergy ("Perhaps an allergy to politics," cracked Plaza). So this week Plaza flew to New York for treatment-leaving Ecuador's ballot counters fussing for the fifth week...
...ring, big Holstein-Friesian bulls stomped and snorted while cows lowed mournfully in the stalls. Quito was having a cattle show and Ecuador's best of breed were on display. In the thick of the herd, a curly-haired farmer named Galo Plaza Lasso was qualifying entries, arguing with the judges, describing the show over a microphone. He had organized the exposition, and at the moment it interested him more than the fact that three days earlier he had been on top in Ecuador's presidential election...
...Ecuadorian politicos matched Galo Plaza's calm. After eight years of revolution & counterrevolution, and five Presidents (only one of whom was elected), the country had finally had a rootin', tootin' reasonable facsimile of a U.S.-style campaign ; it had ended in a fairly honest election. The unofficial tally: Independent Galo Plaza, 116,496; Conservative Manuel Elicio Flor, 112,509; Liberal Alberto Enriquez, 56,942. Even so, Galo Plaza was not necessarily the President-elect...
...Galo Still...
...Galo may be back on his feet by Saturday, but there is no miracle of science that can put him in the boat that starts against Rutgors, Princeton, and M.I.T. on Lake Carnegic that afternoon...