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DIED. José Maria Velasco Ibarra, 86, Ecuador's charismatic Caudillo who was elected President five times and deposed four; of a heart attack; in Quito. Though he spent only 13 years in power and nearly 30 years in exile in Argentina, he unnerved opponents throughout his life with his vow: "Give me a balcony, and I will govern Ecuador again." Last elected in 1969, he was removed in 1972, but returned to Quito earlier this year "to meditate and await death...
Ecuador's President, José Maria Velasco Ibarra, 78, holds a record of sorts; he has been elected five times since 1934, and has been ousted from power four times (he finished one term of office in the mid-1950s). Recently he called for free elections next June that would bring an end to his two-year dictatorship. But one night last week, the Ecuadorian army quietly deposed Velasco and sent him into exile, replacing him with a junta headed by General Guillermo Rodríguez Lara...
...recent weeks, the San Diego based American Tunaboat Association, which does $20 million worth of fishing in Ecuadorian waters, has been badgering the White House in San Clemente and Washington to do something to protect American fishermen. At week's end, Meyer and President José Velasco Ibarra still had not reached an agreement, but the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry said the talks would continue. The U.S. is reportedly inclined to allow American fishermen to buy licenses "under protest," pending an international agreement on territorial waters at next year's U.N. Conference...
...Ecuador's President Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra is indisputably his country's most successful politician. Without benefit of a party or a program, the old demagogue has been elected President of his poor nation of 6,000,000 no fewer than five times. The trouble is that, by general agreement, Velasco is also the worst administrator that Ecuador has ever had. Three of his four previous presidencies fell into such political and economic chaos that they were abruptly terminated by military coups. Recently, Velasco's fifth try at governing Ecuador seemed to be following true to form...
More than 1,000 soldiers and policemen were deemed necessary to guarantee Rockefeller and his team of advisers tranquillity for their talks with President José Maria Velasco Ibarra and a dozen groups of assorted political and business leaders. They told the visiting norteamericanos what they, with local variations, have heard and are likely to hear everywhere. The Latins want more U.S. aid without strings, assured markets and better prices for their exports to the U.S. They want more control over their own resources and over the policies and profits of large U.S. companies that operate in Latin America. Ecuador...