1972 Ecuadorian general election
Elections were scheduled to be held in Ecuador on June 4, 1972.[1] President José María Velasco Ibarra, who was elected in the 1968 presidential election, suspended the constitution in 1970 and took dictatorial powers but announced that regular elections would still be held in 1972.[2] However, the military, which backed Velasco Ibarra's regime, did not think they had a suitable candidate who could defeat Assad Bucaram, leader of the CFP.[2][3] On February 15, 1972, the military overthrew Velasco Ibarra, cancelled the election and installed General Guillermo Rodríguez Lara as dictator.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Armed Forces Oust Ecuador President In a Bloodless Coup". The New York Times. 1972-02-16. ISSN 0362-4331.
- ^ a b c Mora, Enrique Ayala (1991), Bethell, Leslie (ed.), "Ecuador since 1930", The Cambridge History of Latin America: Volume 8: Latin America since 1930: Spanish South America, vol. 8, Cambridge University Press, pp. 687–726, doi:10.1017/chol9780521266529.013, ISBN 978-0-521-26652-9
- ^ Pyne, Peter (1975). "The Politics of Instability in Ecuador: The Overthrow of the President, 1961". Journal of Latin American Studies. 7 (1): 109–133. doi:10.1017/S0022216X00016680. ISSN 1469-767X.
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