Word: ibarra
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...model of this type, Bromsen points to his friend Velasco Ibarra, whom he calls "a great liberal and the most brilliant ruler in South America today...
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...
...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...
President Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra proclaimed a national day of mourning. Neighboring countries rushed plasma and medicines. Railway men doubted that even Quinche's famed Virgin could prevent railway disasters until Ecuador could buy new rolling stock and spare parts from...
...constitutions and 30-odd rulers, most of whom had to be removed from office by force. Reader Páez, Ecuador's President from 1935 to 1937, suspended the Constitution and ruled by decree for more than a year, suppressed several uprisings by supporters of Dr. Velasco Ibarra, and, in 1938, took refuge in the Chilean legation when his Government ordered his arrest on charges of misusing public funds...