Word: ibarra
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President of Ecuador had served out his full four-year term and was passing the emblem of office to a constitutionally elected successor. The sash had fitted husky ex-Athlete (University of California) Plaza a lot better than it fitted bony Scholar (international law, political theory) Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra, Ecuador's new chief executive...
...distance seems to lend enchantment to Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra. When he returned from exile again last March, vivas filled the air. In June's four-candidate presidential election, he won a clear plurality: 43% of the total vote...
...Give me a balcony in each town ind I shall take possession of Ecuador," Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra once cried from exile. Last week, having harangued the country from balconies all over Ecuador, Velasco Ibarra was elected President to succeed U.S.-educated Galo Plaza Lasso...
...lanky, cantankerous law professor, Velasco Ibarra at 59 is the stormiest figure in Ecuadorian politics. In two terms as President (1934-35, 1944-47), he floundered left and right, created a crisis every week, turned against his backers, made himself dictator and got booted out by the army. He showed a sure sense for the common touch. Once, tearing his trousers climbing into the rickety presidential limousine, he rejected the idea of getting another car, saying: "We will mend the pants, repair the car, and build a school with the cost of a new car." He was wildly erratic: when...