Word: isidro
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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President Isidro Ayora, who, besides being his country's foremost surgeon, is a sort of Ecuadorian Hamilton under whom Ecuadorian finances have been reborn, was at the pier to offer Mr. Hoover a hearty abrazo (hug and back-pat), which Mr. Hoover accepted and deftly returned. The nation's leading newspaper announced that this was "one of the greatest events in the history of Ecuador, a never-to-be-forgotten day." At the reception, the Ayora speech mentioned Washington, Lincoln, Wilson. The Hoover speech mentioned the surplus (first on record) in Ecuador's treasury...
...humans have ever glimpsed Ecuador's grandest vastitudes. Historically the city and the civilization at Quito antedate Columbus and hark back to glorious Inca times. Politically the Republic of Ecuador has been unfortunate. President after President has seized office by violence. Eleven Constitutions have been adopted. Today President Isidro Ayora knows that he is at the beck of an aristocratic and military dictatorship, headed by the potent General Gobez...